Nativity for Life of the Virgin

Alternate TitleThe Adoration of the Shepherds (The Nativity)

Printmaker Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

Date1502-1504

Mediumwoodcut (proof before text)

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 11 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (30 × 20.9 cm)
Frame: 23 × 17 in. (58.4 × 43.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineBequest of Herbert Greer French

Accession Number1943.224

On View

Not on Display

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