PrintsGerman15th century

Holy Family with the Dragonfly

c. 1497

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, with gray wash added on the right temple and cheek of the Virgin

Culture

German

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 23.8 × 18.6 cm (9 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Dr. Arnold Knapp, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951

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