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The Nativity

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

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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

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Watermarks

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