Nativity of Christ, ca. 1493

  • Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434-1519

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid (?) paper

  • Image: 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (8.9 × 7.3 cm) Sheet: 3 5/8 × 3 inches (9.2 × 7.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1267.2

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Inscribed, on block, upper edge: [inscription in Old German]

June 1889, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Michael Wolgemut, Nativity of Christ, ca. 1493, woodcut printed in black ink on laid (?) paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1267.2.