Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34

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Germany, Europe Dimensions: 7 7/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18.89 x 12.07 cm) (image)

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Minneapolis Institute of Art’s catalogue record

Dated
c. 1498
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Department
European Art
Credit
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Medium
Engraving

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A chained monkey sits at the feet of the Virgin Mary, and that single detail tells you everything about what Dürer was doing in this 1498 engraving. The Christ child reaches toward a small bird while behind them a river winds past a half-timbered mill beneath billowing clouds, all rendered with a burin on a copper plate barely four and three quarter inches wide. Dürer's control of line captures sheen on fabric, coarse animal fur, and soft skin within the same small image, which is exactly why prints like this were already traveling across Europe as benchmarks of what engraving could achieve.

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Object ID
67005
Object Type
Prints
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Classification” · the first available of several museum fields
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Object Name” · the first available of several museum fields
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
Medium
Engraving
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
Department
European Art
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Credit Line
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
Date
c. 1498
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · copied as is
Begin Year
1498
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
End Year
1498
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field

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