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Maker(s):Goltzius, Hendrick
Culture:Dutch (1558-1617)
Title:The Birth and Early Life of Christ Series (Meesterstukjes)
Date Made:1593-1594
Type:Print
Materials:engraving on laid paper mounted on cardboard
Accession Number:  AC 1979.46.1-6
Credit Line:Purchase from Frederick J. Woodbridge (Class of 1921) Memorial Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
These six scenes are also known as the 'Meisterstiche' or the Life of the Virgin. Franco Estius is the author of print verses for plates 2, 3 and 5. Cornelius Schonaeus composed verses for plates 1, 4 and 6. The entire series was dedicated to Duke William V of Bavaria.

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