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Death of the Virgin

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Death of the Virgin

ca. 1480-1500
15th century

Israhel van Meckenem, the younger, German, (ca. 1440–1503)
After Martin Schongauer, Alsatian (German), (ca. 1430–1491)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Engraving

Series: from set of twelve engravings The Life of the Virgin (La Vie de la Vierge)

Edition: Three other known impressions in U.S. public collections

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Baron Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (Lugt 2773)

Bibliography: Bartsch 40 (vol. 6, p. 172); for the series, see Bartsch 30–41; L. vol. 9, 69.60; Hollstein 49; Alan Shestack, Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1967), cat. no. 199; David Landau and Peter Parshall, The Renaissance Print, 1470–1550 (New Haven, CT: Yale, 1994), p. 53, plate 28.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938

Accession Number: 1938.D1.4

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Bible, death, mothers, New Testament, religions, religious art*

Bible
death
mothers
New Testament
religions
religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]

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Israhel van Meckenem, the younger, German, (ca. 1440–1503) Martin Schongauer, Alsatian (German), (ca. 1430–1491) . Death of the Virgin, ca. 1480-1500. From The Life of the Virgin (La Vie de la Vierge). Engraving. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1938.D1.4. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: R. Lee) .

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