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Albrecht DÜRER, Christ taking leave of his mother, 1504, Planche 16 de la suite de vingt sujets et une planche de titre intitulée La Vie de la Vierge, Galerie Paul Prouté Paris

Albrecht DÜRER

1471 - 1528

Christ taking leave of his mother

Circa 1504
Plate 16 from a series of twenty subjects and a title plate entitled The Life of the Virgin
Original woodcut
299 × 207 mm, timmed on the border line
Fine impression from the Latin edition of 1511 with text on the reverse, small spots on the right-hand side of the subject and on the Virgin’s drapery. On the reverse, annotations in pen and brown ink in Latin
Watermark: Tower surmounted by a crown and a flower (Meder fil. 259)
Reference: Meder 204, Bartsch 92

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