Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

To magnify click on the image

THE VIRGIN ON A CRESCENT WITH A CROWN OF STARS AND A SCEPTER

1516

Monogram and date 1516

Copperplate engraving

117×73 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Early 16th century

No watermark

Provenance:

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

Inv. Г-2998

Comments:

one of the earliest impressions, clear and silvery (М. 37, a)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-5216, on paper without watermarks; thinner than the first