Joachim and the Angel, from The Life of the Virgin
Details
Albrecht Drer
Joachim and the Angel, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1504a very fine black proof impression before text, watermark High Crown, with narrow to thread margins, a central horizontal crease showing mostly on the reverse, otherwise in very good condition; and The Descent from the Cross, from The Small Passion (Bartsch 42), woodcut, circa 1509-10, from the Italian edition of 1612, with a thread margin at the bottom, trimmed on the borderline on the other three sides, generally in good condition (2)
Joachim and the Angel, from The Life of the Virgin
woodcut, circa 1504a very fine black proof impression before text, watermark High Crown, with narrow to thread margins, a central horizontal crease showing mostly on the reverse, otherwise in very good condition; and The Descent from the Cross, from The Small Passion (Bartsch 42), woodcut, circa 1509-10, from the Italian edition of 1612, with a thread margin at the bottom, trimmed on the borderline on the other three sides, generally in good condition (2)
Provenance
Cincinnati Art Museum, Duplicate (not in Lugt)
Literature
Bartsch 78; Meder, Hollstein 190