Death of the Virgin

Artists

Description

There is a slight drawing of drapery on the reverse of the print, which appears to be early, probably also fifteeth century.

Dimensions

plate: 25.7 x 16.8 cm (10 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Katherine Tiffany Abbott, purchase from Arthur H. Harlow & Co., NYC, 1922, bequest to son George L. Batchelder, Jr.. Purchased for $3600 (10% discount from $4000). According to the donor, Gordon Abbott, the father of her mother-in-law, was also a print collector. Perhaps this was a Christmas gift from father to daughter. George L. Batchelder, Jr. was one of the co-donors.