The Death of the Virgin, plate 18 from Epitome in Divae Parthenices Mari (The Life of the Virgin) (Nuremberg: Albrecht Dürer, 1511)

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The Death of the Virgin, plate 18 from Epitome in Divae Parthenices Mari (The Life of the Virgin) (Nuremberg: Albrecht Dürer, 1511)

1510

Albrecht Dürer

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Shortly after 1500 Dürer began work on a series of woodcuts illustrating the life of the Virgin, completing a set of nineteen for publication accompanied by this title page in 1511. With a Latin text by clergyman Benedictus Chelidonius (ca. 1460–1521), Dürer’s Life of the Virgin was published in a single volume with the second edition of his Apocalypse of 1498, as well as a set of woodcuts illustrating the Passion of Christ.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Title
The Death of the Virgin, plate 18 from Epitome in Divae Parthenices Mari (The Life of the Virgin) (Nuremberg: Albrecht Dürer, 1511)
Date
1510
Object Type
Print
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
33.1 x 22.2 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Michael G. Berolzheimer in memory of Michael Berolzheimer
Accession Number
1998.201.61.18

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