JOACHIM AND THE ANGEL
Circa 1504
Sheet 2 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
With monogram
298×210 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Second half of the 16th century
Watermark:
a small coat of arms of a city (possibly Prague)
Provenance:
Rumyantsev Museum;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2238
Comments:
the impression is without text, the plate is already damaged, with strokes missing; the quality of the plate and the watermark permit to date it from the second half of the 16th century (М. 190, III, b)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
Inv. Г-69327 on paper, with an unclear watermark, with Latin text on the back; from the 1511 edition. The sheet is heavily damaged, many parts are missing
