Albrecht Dürer

Two woodcuts, circa 1503-05, from The Life of the Virgin, later impressions after the Latin text edition of 1511, on papers with indistinct watermarks

Duplicates from the Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest (L. 2328 and 312b); Holl. 192 ex coll. Theodor Falkeisen & Johann Friedrich Huber (L. 1008)

B. 80: trimmed to or on the borderline, in good condition apart from pale brown stains on the wall above the fountain at left, a small blue ink stain over the eye of the woman at lower right, two horizontal repaired tears at lower left sheet edge (the longest measuring 15mm), and other minor defects, a central horizontal fold mainly visible verso, unframed. B. 86: trimmed outside the borderline, in good condition apart from a pin hole with associated discoloration (in the central figure's robe), a central horizontal fold, and a pale brown stain at center right sheet edge, unframed.
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