Albrecht Dürer
Madonna by the Wall

ArtistGerman, 1471–1528
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Madonna by the Wall
  • Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall
Date1514
PlaceGermany
MediumEngraving, state II, after retouching
DimensionsPlate: 5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in. (15 × 10 cm)
Sheet: 5 15/16 × 4 1/16 in. (15.1 × 10.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning
Object number77.364
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art", Tyler Museum of Art, Texas, December 12, 1982 - February 6, 1983 (LN:82.31)

Exhibited: "Nuremberg:













Exhibited: "Nuremberg: A Renaissance City 1500 - 1600," University of Texas, Austin, TX, Sep 23 1983 - Apr 1984.(LN:83.1)





















Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Initialed and dated in the plate at center right edge on wall.
Catalogue raisonnéMeisterblatter 2000 128.61;The Illustrated Bartsch (Commentary) X.1001.040; The Illustrated Bartsch (Albrecht Durer) X.37.40(58); Strauss and Kennedy 1977 216.78; Strauss 1973 164.78; Meder Vol.12.84.36; (Cont. in notes)

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