Birth of the Virgin (Life of the Virgin)

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Birth of the Virgin (Life of the Virgin)

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

probably 1503–04

Medium/Technique Woodcut

Dimensions Block: 29.7 x 21.0 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with a Centennial gift from Landon T. Clay

Accession Number68.194

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (relief) 080; Meder 192, before the text edition, a

Marks Thomas Harris collector's stamp; MFA accession stamp
PDP Watermark Type: Watermark: Bull's head

Inscriptions"68.194" within the MFA stamp, and "B. 89", LL corner, verso, both written in graphite.

ProvenanceTomás Harris (b. 1908 - d. 1964), London. 1968, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; 1968, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1968)