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The Holy Family in Egypt

The Holy Family in Egypt
(c. 1502); (1511) {printed before text edition of}
from The Life of the Virgin series, published 1511

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
29.6 × 21.0 cm (image) 31.5 × 22.9 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 90

Inscription
incised (in image) l.r.: AD (monogram)

Accession Number
3544.15-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Watermarks

Watermark Form
Bull's Head with Flower and Triangle
 

Meder 62, Briquet 14875 (found in documents dated 1509 in Peschiera del Garda in Italy, 1510 in Hungary, 1513 in Konstanz, Germany, 1518-19 in Grubenhagen, Germany, 1520-33 in Eichstatt, Germany, 1526 in Wittenberg, Germany and 1544 in Nuremberg, Germany

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
30-32 mm

Laid Line Frequency
11-12 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
? x 4 [ 27 I 27 ] x 4

Wire Side
recto

Radiograph taken from
recto