Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528), "Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary."

woodcut on paper, 1510, 29 x 20.5 cm, signed with bound monogram and dated on the woodblock at the bottom: "AD".

The work comes from the series "The Life of Mary," which was created in 1502-1511. The print presented here is dated 1542-1567. The paper shows a watermark (filigree) depicting a variant of the Prague coat of arms - a gate with three towers, which was used in the Prague paper mill during the time period indicated.
Bibliography:F.W.H. Hollstein, German Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts ca.1450-1700, Amsterdam 1954, 206c; A. von Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol. 1-21, Vienna 1803-1821 and Nouvelle édition, vol. 1-21, Würzburg 1920, 94; M. Bóbr, K. Krużel "Catalogue of the Engravings of the Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, PAN Cracow, 1987.