The Death of the Virgin, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Label Text

This woodcut by Durer is the first large plate work by the master of the Northern Renaissance, where it joins a number of his smaller woodcuts and engravings. It is an unusually fine proof impression from the block, and is a fitting representation of Durer's unique pivotal position between Gothic and modern conceptions.

DMAC Bulletin, October, 1967

Exhibition History"Masterworks on Paper: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Oct. 10, 1998 - Jan. 24, 1999

"Renaissance Manuscript And Printed Book Pages," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 9 - Feb. 4, 1990

"Lucas Van Leyden to Honore Daumier: Prints, 1500 - 1859," Sioux City Art Center, IA, Sept. 10 - Nov. 30, 1984
Published ReferencesM. 205

B. 93

ENGRAVINGS & ETCHINGS - FIFTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES, Craddock & Barnard, London, Cat. Mar. 1, 1967

DMAC Bulletin, Oct. 1967

AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.303, b/w ill. fig.1, p.298

DimensionsSheet (/image): 11 7/16 × 8 1/8 in. (29.1 × 20.6 cm)

Accession Number 1967.10

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

Signedmonogram on base of chest at foot of bed (l,r plate)

Inscriptions1510 (l,l plate); 18 (l,c graphite)

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 205" Meder 205, before text edition, a/b

Portfolio/Series"The Life of the Virgin"

Provenance(Craddock & Bernard, London); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1967]