The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin

ca. 1503

Dating: Approximate
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 1/8 in. (29.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection no.: 17.37.88
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Albrecht Dürer. The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin — Albrecht Dürer. ca. 1503.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 1/8 in. (29.7 x 20.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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