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The Virgin on the Crescent
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
about 1499
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10.9 × 7.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession Number44.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 030; Meder 29b
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [Dürer'a monogram]
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's signature in ink: P. Mariette 1670; stamp in black ink: ALBERTINA/Veräußert [Lugt 5d]; MFA stamp (Lugt 282) with old accession number in graphite: 36118; several marks in graphite, difficult to decipher
Provenance1670, Pierre Mariette II (b. 1634 - d. 1716), Paris. Albertina, Vienna; sold as a double. 1944, purchased from William H. Scab (dealer; b. 1888 - d. 1975), NY, by the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1944)