The Virgin and Child with the Pear (Q18338452)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
German Renaissance (Q2455000)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Albrecht Dürer (Q5580)
collection:
National Gallery of Art (Q214867)
Prints in the National Gallery of Art (Q64946756)
Rosenwald Collection (Q62274660)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums (Q109893034)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Q160236)
location:
National Gallery of Art (Q214867)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin:
Germany (Q183)
fabrication method:
copper engraving technique (Q4287629)
depicts:
Virgin Mary (Q345)
Christ Child (Q942467)
instance of:
copper engraving print (Q18887969)
print (Q11060274)
The Met object ID:
391201
LACMA ID:
236776
National Gallery of Art artwork ID:
42403
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.7
information from the National Gallery of Art catalog
description: Dürer portrays the Virgin and Child on an outing away from the city in this relatively casual moment in which they rest beside a tree. As the Christ child looks directly toward the viewer to bestow a blessing, his young mother tries to redirect his attention to the pear in her hand. Here, Dürer emphasizes the natural actions of a mother trying to distract her child. Although Mary knows his holy mission and tragic destiny, she still attempts to prolong her child’s joyful youth with innocent amusements. Dürer demonstrates his further technical and artistic development in this medium through the subtle overall tonality he achieved with light and shadow, particularly in the sky and Mary’s clothing.
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