About the Artwork
Birth of the Virgin
16th century
Albrecht Dürer (Artist) German, 1471-1528 Marcantonio Raimondi (Artist) Italian, 1487-1534
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 11 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (28.6 × 21 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S906
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Durer's monogram in plate, lower center of image Inscribed, center bottom edge of sheet: 4
Provenance
October 1884, F. Keppel & Co. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Marcantonio Raimondi; after Albrecht Dürer, Birth of the Virgin, 16th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S906.
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