Albrecht DÜRER
The Nativity
1504

Medium
engraving

Measurements
18.4 × 11.9 cm (image) 18.6 × 12.2 cm (plate) 18.8 × 12.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 2

Inscription
incised (in image) u.l.: 1504 / AD (monogram)

Accession Number
3434-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Watermark Form
High Crown (Meder 20 and Briquet 4899)

Meder 20, Briquet 4899 (found in documents dated 1501-03 in Bergamo, Italy). This watermark is Italian.

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
32 mm

Laid Line Frequency
11 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
? X 5 [27 I 26] x 6

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
recto