Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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THE HOLY FAMILY WITH FIVE ANGELS

Circa 1503 – 1504

With monogram

Woodcut

216×147 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Late 16th – early 17th century

No watermark

Provenance:

N. Basnin’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1918;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-5365

Comments:

the impression is a late one, the plate having a 1-cm crack in the bottom part and gaps in strokes along the bottom edge reaching 2,5 cm in the middle; but the impression was made before a wormhole appeared in the plate (М. 214, f)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-112059, on paper without watermarks, in quality similar to Inv. Г-5365