Artist
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)German, 1471–1528
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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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"
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "MS"
Watermark: High Crown (Meder 20)
Stamped in a rectangle on verso lower center: "A ARTARIA"
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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Albrecht Dürer
1496–1498, Latin edition published 1511
Woodcut on laid paper, state III/IV
79.256
Albrecht Dürer
1497–1498, Latin edition published 1511
Woodcut on laid paper, state III/III
80.153
Albrecht Dürer
1497–1498, Latin edition published 1511
Woodcut on laid paper, state III/IV
80.154
Albrecht Dürer
c. 1496–1498, Latin edition published 1511
Woodcut on laid paper, state III/IV
92.79
Albrecht Dürer
1497–1499, Latin edition published 1511
Woodcut on laid paper, state b/c
91.1905
Albrecht Dürer
1496–1497, edition before 1511 without text
Woodcut on laid paper, state a/c
91.1903
Albrecht Dürer
c. 1496–1498, Latin edition published 1511
Woodcut on laid paper, state III/IV, Latin edition
39.92