The Nativity - Amand-Durand Heliogravure after Albrecht Durer - 19th C
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Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand reproducing The Nativity by Albrecht Durer: the Virgin with the Child in the ruined shed and St Joseph drawing water from the well, in one of the most often cited ruined settings of German engraving. Printed in Paris about 1875.
Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand reproducing The Nativity by Albrecht Durer: the Virgin with the Child in the ruined shed and St Joseph drawing water from the well, in one of the most often cited ruined settings of German engraving. Printed in Paris about 1875.
Durer's original burin engraving is dated 1504. Amand-Durand reproduced it on a bitten copper printed by hand on damp paper, a process that preserves the full gradation of the original.
Medium: Heliogravure on paper.
Artist / after: After Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), original of 1504.
Engraver / publisher: Charles Amand-Durand (1831-1905), Paris.
Date: about 1875.
Dimensions: Image 4.2 x 7.2 in (10.7 x 18.3 cm); sheet 9.7 x 13.8 in (24.6 x 35 cm).
Condition: Good. Scattered foxing in the margins of the sheet, visible in the photographs, and pencil notes below.
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Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand reproducing The Nativity by Albrecht Durer: the Virgin with the Child in the ruined shed and St Joseph drawing water from the well, in one of the most often cited ruined settings of German engraving. Printed in Paris about 1875.