Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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THE VIRGIN ON THE CRESCENT WITH A CROWN OF STARS

1508

Monogram and date 1508

Copperplate engraving

116×74 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Middle of the 16th century

Second state: the second range of rays on the left is extended up to Mary’s hair

No watermark

Provenance:

State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-2153

Comments:

the impression is grey, very thin; the modeling lines on Mary's face are almost absent (M. 32, II, c)