id:			136174
accession number:	1959.99.10
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99.10
updated:		2025-05-14 12:01:55.103000

The Life of the Virgin: The Nativity, c. 1502–3. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut; sheet: 29.3 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.10

title:				The Nativity
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series:				The Life of the Virgin
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creation date:			c. 1502–3
creation date earliest:		1502
creation date latest:		1503
current location:		115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Germany, early 16th Century
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Meder 197

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CREATORS

* Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 29.3 x 20.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary
	opening date:   1971-02-19T05:00:00
	<i>Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 19-March 28, 1971).

	title:		Durer
	opening date:   1971-04-06T05:00:00
	<i>Durer</i>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (April 6-May 8, 1971).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

	title:		Dürer's Women: Images of Devotion and Desire
	opening date:   2014-06-22T00:00:00
	<i>Dürer's Women: Images of Devotion and Desire</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014).

	title:		Creation, Birth, and Rebirth
	opening date:   2024-08-17T04:00:00
	<i>Creation, Birth, and Rebirth</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17, 2024-July 16, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1996: Sets and Series: Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996, no cat.', 'opening_date': '1996-02-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Schab Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1959
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1959–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Dürer, Albrecht. <em>The Life of the Virgin</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1959.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10; Plate X
	url:		https://archive.org/details/AlbrechtDurer/page/n21

	"Permanent Collection Installations.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 64, no. 4 (2024): 14-15.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14; Mentioned: p. 15.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2024-04

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