The Betrothal of the Virgin

c.1504-1505 (printed 1560s/1570s)

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.9 x 21.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.142.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 194, State d/f

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Freiherr von Lanna, Prague, (1836 - 1909) (Lugt 2773). (David Tunick, New York); purchased by NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Fine Prints from Six Centuries, Agnew's and David Tunick, Inc., London and New York, no. 28.

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 172.

Wikidata ID

Q18338565

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