album cover for Life of the Virgin, Albrecht Dürer; Marcantonio Raimondi

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Albrecht Dürer; Marcantonio Raimondi, album cover for Life of the Virgin
Albrecht Dürer; Marcantonio Raimondi, album cover for Life of the Virgin
Albrecht Dürer , Marcantonio Raimondi
album cover for Life of the Virgin
1506
Albrecht Dürer
1471–1528
Marcantonio Raimondi
circa 1470 or 1482–1534
album cover for Life of the Virgin, 1506
Portfolio/Series title: Life of the Virgin
Where object was made: Italy
Material/technique: laid paper; engraving
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 38.7 x 26 x 1.1 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 0 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of the Max Kade Foundation
Accession number: 1977.0050
Not on display
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Archive Label 2003: Among the most famous copies after Dürer are the engravings by the Italian artist Marcantonio Raimondi of Dürer’s Life of the Virgin woodcuts. Dürer, who visited Italy twice, was enraged that Raimondi not only copied his prints but that he had the audacity to copy his monogram as well. This may have inspired the admonition that he gave to the 1511 bound editions of the Life of the Virgin and the small woodcut Passion, “Woe to you! Thieves and imitators of other people’s labour and talents. Beware of laying your audacious hand upon this work!”