M0013490: Woodcut depicting the birth of the Virgin Mary

Previous title, replaced January 2022: The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments fro

Reproduction of a woodcut after Albert Dürer depicting the birth of the Virgin Mary, 1503. The 'Birth of the Virgin' is one of a series of seventeen woodcuts on the 'Life of the Virgin' executed between 1500-1505. Related images: V0014990

June 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:17321i.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.