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The Adoration of the Shepherds (The Nativity)

Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, May 21, 1471–April 6, 1528)
Title The Adoration of the Shepherds (The Nativity) (Die Geburt Christi (Anbetung der Hirten))
Plate Number Plate 10
Series The Life of the Virgin
Date 1502–1503, published 1511
Medium Woodcut on paper
Dimensions Image: 11 13/16 × 8 3/16 in. (30 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (30.2 × 21 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 63.190

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Publisher Albrecht Dürer (German, May 21, 1471–April 6, 1528)
Plate Number Plate 10
Series Title The Life of the Virgin
Foreign Language Series Title Das Marienleben

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