Original woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper
with High Crown watermark (Meder 20)
11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
c.1504-05
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Signed in the block with artist's monogram on a tablet lower left.
One of 20 woodcuts (frontispiece and 19 plates) issued in the album The Life of the Virgin.
A strong, clear, richly inked 16th century / lifetime impression printed prior to the addition of the Latin letterpress text to the verso for the Latin edition of 1511.
Trimmed down to the borderline on all four sides, an unobtrusive flattened horizontal center fold, a one inch expertly repaired tear in the fence at the left, a few other skillful repairs mainly upper left, otherwise in fine condition.
Bartsch 92; Kurth 190; Meder 204; Panofsky 312; Strauss93
