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Albrecht Dürer, printmaker

The Nativity, 1502 - 1510

Description

Maker

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528, German, printmaker

Title

The Nativity

Year

1502 - 1510

Medium

woodcut

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • woodcut

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

29.7 x 20.8 cm (11 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LC within image with artist's monogram: "AD"

Watermark: scales in a circle (Meder watermark no. 169)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum purchase: bequest of Clara T. Parsons

Object Number

46.062

Projects & Publications

Publications

Dürer-Katalog

Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962

Nativity and Epiphany Prints from the 15th to the 18th Centuries

December 5, 1951

Woodcuts of the 15th and 16th Centuries

October 2 - November 10, 1948

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Nativity with the accession number of 46.062. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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