From the series of Dürer: The life of the Virgin.

(Bartsch 621 to 637)

Remains of old mountings on the back

Beautiful proof cut with the copper mark bearing the stamp of the Arenberg collection, followed by two numbers with graphite lead (probably for one of them affixed before the sale in 1902).

Collection of ARENBERG, Brussels and North-Kirchen (Westphalia). Prints. (Lugt: 567)

The princes, then dukes of Arenberg counted, in Belgium, since the XVIth century, among the greatest protectors of the arts. It was the duke Louis-Engelbert d'Arenberg (1750-1820) who contributed the most to enrich the collection of prints of his house. Duke Engelbert-Marie, born in 1872, lightened his boxes with a large quantity of prints, which he put on sale in public sale in London (40,000 sheets described under 669 nos).

The brand is borrowed from the coat of arms of the house of Arenberg: Gules with 3 flowers of golden medlar, 2 and 1, with the motto: “Christus Protector meus. "

Bartsch: 635