Cleveland Museum of Art
Life of the Virgin: Presentation of the Young Virgin in the Temple
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1504–1505
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany, early 16th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104128
From LinkedCulture
In a German woodcut from 1504, Albrecht Dürer fills a temple interior with so much life that a dog sniffing the ground near a basket of eggs nearly steals the scene from the young Virgin herself. Mary climbs toward robed priests beneath a draped canopy, while a crowd presses through an arched doorway and an armored statue stands watch on a pillar above. Dürer achieved all of this through line alone, capturing fabric, fur, and carved stone with a precision that set the standard for European printmaking for generations.
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A detailed engraving depicting a religious scene with figures gathered around a central altar.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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