Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
1504–1505

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Beneath a fringed canopy, the Virgin Mary reclines against pillows as a crowd of apostles gathers close, one holding a lit candle near her clasped hands while a processional cross rises at the left edge of the scene. Albrecht Dürer carved all of this into a single woodblock around 1504 to 1505, part of his Life of the Virgin series. The dense crosshatched lines describe draped fabric, candlelight, and stone arches with a tonal richness that pushed the woodcut medium far beyond what most artists thought it could do.

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A group of people gathered around a table with a cloth-covered object on it, possibly performing a ritual or examination.

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Object ID
104142
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Germany, early 16th Century
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
woodcut
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Date
1504–1505
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1504
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1505
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin

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