Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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JOACHIM AND ST. ANNE MEET AT THE GOLDEN GATE

1504

Sheet 3 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”

Monogram and date 1504

Woodcut

298×207 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

1511

Watermark:
a triangle with a six-petal flower

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-2242

Comments:

the impression is with Latin text on the back; from the 1511 edition

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

1) Inv. Г-2240, on paper without watermarks, but with Latin text on the back; from the 1511 edition;

2) Inv. Г-5361, on paper with a watermark: a small coat of arms of a city (possibly Prague) (М. 273, Br. 2322, 1542–1545), an impression without text, dating from the middle of the 16th century (M. 131, c)