Cleveland Museum of Art
Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1504–1505
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany, early 16th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104142
From LinkedCulture
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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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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