The Virgin on a Crescent

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Virgin on a Crescent

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

Date
c. 1510–11
Medium
woodcut
Culture
Germany, early 16th Century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
136173

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The frontispiece of the series is a modification of the devotional imagery Dürer used in his depictions of the Virgin and Child standing in a crescent moon. Here, he also incorporated the themes of the nursing Madonna and the Madonna of Humility, often shown seated. In doing so, Dürer fused the Virgin’s regal, motherly, and humble natures into one striking image.

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Credit line
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Provenance
?–1959: (William H. Schab Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1959–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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