The Adoration of the Virgin; the Virgin, sitting in an architectural space, surrounded by saints and angels one playing a harp, among them St Catherine, St Jerome, St Anthony and St John the Baptist, in the foreground putti chasing a hare and holding empty escutcheons Series: The Life of the Virgin
after Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471 – Nuremberg 1528)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1505 - 1515
Materials
Ink on paper.
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.6.126
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_E-4-177
Summary
(Folio 49, recto, upper print) The Adoration of the Virgin; the Virgin, sitting in an architectural space, surrounded by saints and angels one playing a harp, among them St Catherine, St Jerome, St Anthony and St John the Baptist, in the foreground putti chasing a hare and holding empty escutcheons
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Makers and roles
after Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471 – Nuremberg 1528), creator Marcantonio (1470/1482 - 1527/1534), printer