Albrecht Dürer

The Nativity,

Maker

Albrecht Dürer

Title

The Nativity

Medium

woodcut

Materials/Techniques

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)

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Meder 197

Type

Prints

Credit

Museum purchase: bequest of Clara T. Parsons

Object Number

46.062

The Nativity
Life of the Virgin

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

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

Meder 197

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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