Nativity, from The Life of the Virgin
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471 - 1528
about 1502-1504; published 1511
Woodcut on paper
Overall: 11 11/16 × 8 3/16 in. (29.7 × 20.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased in honor of Jane L. Carroll, Senior Lecturer in Art History (1996-2019), through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund and a gift from the Department of Art History
2019.10
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled, in image, lower center: AD
Provenance
Phillips (Auction House), London, 1990 (possibly October 24, 1990, lot 23); sold to Susan Schulman and Carolyn Bullard (dealers), New York, New York, 1990; sold to Dr. Lewis Coulson, Chicago, Illinois, 1991, in thirds with Lino Mannocci (artist, born 1945); sold to Susan Schulman and Carolyn Bullard, New York, New York, 2018; sold to present collection, 2019.
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