Albrecht Dürer
The Betrothal of the Virgin

CultureGerman
Titles
  • The Betrothal of the Virgin
  • from The Life of the Virgin
Datec. 1504–1505
MediumWoodcut on laid paper
DimensionsBlock/Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (29.2 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2005.1184
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceAuguste Artaria (1807-1893), Vienna (Lugt 33); [Hill-Stone, Inc., Dartmouth, Massachussets, by 2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, January 31 - April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower left: "73.82"
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "MS"
Watermark: High Crown (Meder 20)

Stamped in a rectangle on verso lower center: "A ARTARIA"
Catalogue raisonnéStrauss 97; Meder 194 a/h; Hollstein VII.156.194

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