Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), after - The Circumcision, from the series The Llfe of the Virgin
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The Circumcision, from the Life of the Virgin, a 1503 German Renaissance woodcut print (plate signed) with engraving on laid paper, in good condition, 30 × 22 cm.
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Good impression on laid paper.
From the series: Life of the Virgin
One of the series of 20 woodcuts, without text; the Circumcision, with a group of people around the infant Christ on the right, on the left a man holding a large, braided candle. c.1503-5.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (192)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.131.80)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.262.4)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (II.170)
(Source: British Museum)
Print showing the Circumcision of Christ by Dürer. His designs would have been handed over to professional woodcarvers to make the woodblock from which the print would have been taken. Some of these blocks still exist, for example, in the British Museum in London. Countless engravings were made after this print and this is a good example from the late XIX century. It shows his monogram in the bottom edge AD which he added to prevent others, for example Marcantonio Raimondi, from making unauthorised copies.
A nineteenth century engraving after the original woodcut published in Utrecht.
Condition is good.
Good impression on laid paper.
From the series: Life of the Virgin
One of the series of 20 woodcuts, without text; the Circumcision, with a group of people around the infant Christ on the right, on the left a man holding a large, braided candle. c.1503-5.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (192)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.131.80)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.262.4)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (II.170)
(Source: British Museum)
Print showing the Circumcision of Christ by Dürer. His designs would have been handed over to professional woodcarvers to make the woodblock from which the print would have been taken. Some of these blocks still exist, for example, in the British Museum in London. Countless engravings were made after this print and this is a good example from the late XIX century. It shows his monogram in the bottom edge AD which he added to prevent others, for example Marcantonio Raimondi, from making unauthorised copies.
A nineteenth century engraving after the original woodcut published in Utrecht.
Condition is good.
Details
Artist
Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), after
Title of artwork
The Circumcision, from the series The Llfe of the Virgin
Technique
Engraving, Woodcut print
Signature
Plate signed
Country of Origin
Germany
Year
1503
Condition
Good condition
Height
30 cm
Width
22 cm
Style
Renaissance
Period
19th century
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