Image
Albrecht Dürer
The Nativity
Description
Maker
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker
Title
The Nativity
Life of the Virgin
Year
1502-1510
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
woodcutSupports
Dimensions
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29.7 x 20.8 cm (11 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LC within image with artist's monogram: "AD"
Watermark: scales in a circle (Meder watermark no. 169)
Identification
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Standard Reference Number
Meder 197 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Museum purchase: bequest of Clara T. Parsons
Object Number
46.062 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), printmaker
The Nativity; Life of the Virgin, 1502-1510
woodcut
29.7 x 20.8 cm (11 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches) (plate)
Museum purchase: bequest of Clara T. Parsons 46.062
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