PrintsGerman15th-16th century

Virgin with the Pear

1511

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white laid paper

Culture

German

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 16 × 10.8 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 16.7 × 11.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Wilhelm August Ackermann. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

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