DrawingsGerman16th century

Birth of the Virgin

16th century

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and black chalk on buff paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.7 × 23.2 cm (9 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Sachs (by 1933), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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