The Virgin and Child with a Monkey (Q18338506)

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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) Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415) Art Institute of Chicago (Q239303) Städel Museum (Q163804)
location: National Gallery of Art (Q214867) Art Institute of Chicago (Q239303) Städel Museum (Q163804) Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin: Germany (Q183)
material used: laid paper (Q1513685) ink (Q127418)
location of final assembly: Nuremberg (Q2090)
based on: New Testament (Q18813)
fabrication method: copper engraving technique (Q4287629)
depicts: Virgin Mary (Q345) Christ Child (Q942467)
instance of: copper engraving print (Q18887969) print (Q11060274)
ARTIC artwork ID: 28341
National Gallery of Art artwork ID: 35104

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.29

information from the National Gallery of Art catalog

description: Catholic theology during the Renaissance taught the Virgin Mary as a woman born without original sin, an idea manifested in botanical and zoological symbols. Albrecht Dürer portrayed the Virgin and Christ child within a garden enclosed by a low wood gate. Mary gazes down at her son, who holds a bird with his left hand, a symbol of the souls he

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