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The Pseudo-St Matthew (20:1) is the source of the tale that angels appeared to help Joseph pick fruit for the Virgin Mary; according to the 'Golden Legend', the 'persidis' tree, known for its medicinal leaves, bowed down of its own accord to worship Christ as the family passed by.'","physicalDescription":"The Virgin Mary and Child are seated on a donkey which lowers its head towards a thistle. The Virgin holds the reins in her right hand and a date in her left. Behind her five hovering angels in long garments pull down the crown of a date palm to enable the bearded Joseph, on the right, to pick fruit. Over his cloak he carries a bag and a water bottle on his back. In the far foreground is a large dragon tree with a parrot nibbling its fruit; behind it is a small fig tree and various other tree trunks, among which a stag stands beside a doe resting on the ground. Further in the distance there are hills, and in the centre background several buildings with a mountain range in the far distance to the right. A large lizard in the lower left foreground beside plants and stones. Two other lizards climb up and down the trunk of the dragon tree. 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The monogram consists of Schongauer's initials and a goldsmith-like hallmark composed of a small cross plus the crescent from his family's coat of arms. This signature occurs in two forms: a few plates, apparently all done in the early 1470s, have an M with vertical sides; the majority have an M with slanting sides.' (The Illustrated Bartsch, Vol.8 Part 1, pg. 1). The M here has vertical sides."},{"content":"Martin Schongauer, supposed Albert Durer...","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The print is stuck down on laid paper. The above written in ink on the back of the print. 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