Woodcut

Albrecht Dürer (Germany, 1471-1528)

"Die Geburt Christi / The Adoration of the Shepherds", c. 1503, from "Das Marienleben" (1502-10).

Woodcut. Monogram signature in the image. 29.7 x 20.9 cm (image), 30.2 x 21 cm (sheet). Watermark Wz 340.

Very good impression from well-preserved woodblock, c. 1540, without text on verso, one of the earliest after the book edition of 1511. Trimmed at border or just outside, sheet squared in pencil on verso, a few very small areas of paper thinning, faint stain in the roof area of image, a few marginal nicks without loss, remnants of two paper hinges verso.

Meder 197 & page 167 (”[Wz] Schmale hohe Krone in zwei Größen mit Anhänger p (Wz. 28 und 340), sehr gute Drucke, um 1540.”).

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