The Virgin on the Grassy Bank

The Virgin on the Grassy Bank, between 1505 and 1507

  • Hans Baldung Grien, German, 1484-1545

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid japan paper

  • Image: 9 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (23.5 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 7/8 inches (24.4 × 17.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S418

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Watermark, center bottom edge: partial circular device, Stamp, verso: Scripps 1883 [added to stamp] (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

Inscribed, on block, upper left: [Albrecht Durer's monogram]

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Marrow, J. and A. Shestack, ed. Hans Baldung Grien. New Haven, 1981, no. 4.

Hans Baldung Grien, The Virgin on the Grassy Bank, between 1505 and 1507, woodcut printed in black ink on laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S418.

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