Albrecht Dürer
Virgin and Child with the Monkey

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Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)German, 1471–1528

CultureGerman

Titles

Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Date1498

PlaceGermany

MediumEngraving on laid paper

DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 7 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (18.9 × 12 cm)
Mount: 9 7/16 × 7 1/8 in. (24 × 18.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marjorie G. Horning, the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund, the Director's Accessions Endowment, and the Evan C. Horning Memorial Fund in memory of Evan C. Horning

Object number93.309

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ProvenanceL.J. Rosenwald (b. 1891), America (Lugt 1760b,c); National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (Lugt 1932d)
Exhibition History"Virgin and Child," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 22, 1993–January 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Verso of the sheet at the lower left edge, stamped in black ink: "National Gallery of Art", stamp; at lower right, stamped in black ink: "LRJ" (stylized monogram also found under previous stamp; at lower left corner: undecipherable black ink stamp; pencil inscription at lower center: "B.42"; pencil inscription at lower left corner: "32031 NK 36532".

Catalogue raisonnéMeisterblatter 2000 48.15; The Illustrated Bartsch (Commentary) X.1001.99.042; The Illustrated Bartsch (Albrecht Durer) X.39.42; Strauss and Kennedy 1977 69.21; Strauss 1973 42.21; Meder Vol.12.82.30; MFA Boston 1971 18.14 (Cont. in Notes)

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