Circa 1503
Plate from the set of twenty scenes called The Life of the Virgin
Original woodcut
296 × 207 mm, thread margins
Superb impression, before the latin text on the reverse side, with a small crack on the lower borderline, under the plant; very slight glue stains on the upper corners, small stain of rust and drying fold only visible on the reverse side, slight thin place on the upper right corner, two minor restorations on the upper edge and the lower left corner, minor default on the lower left corner, above the plant.
Watermark: Scales within a circle surmounted by a star (Meder, fil. 167, typical of this state)
Provenance: Marcel Lecomte (Lugt 5684)
References: Bartsch 87, Meder 199 b/f, Strauss 76