PrintsGerman16th century

Virgin Sitting by a Wall

1514

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 14.6 × 9.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.7 × 12.1 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

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

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