Minneapolis Institute of Art
Virgin and Child with the Monkey
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34
- Date
- c. 1498
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 67005
From LinkedCulture
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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From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Germany, Europe Dimensions: 7 7/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18.89 x 12.07 cm) (image)
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- Credit line
- The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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