Life of the Virgin: Title Page (Q18338560)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
German Renaissance (Q2455000)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Albrecht Dürer (Q5580)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
National Gallery of Art (Q214867)
Prints in the National Gallery of Art (Q64946756)
Rosenwald Collection (Q62274660)
location:
National Gallery of Art (Q214867)
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin:
Germany (Q183)
part of the series:
The Life of the Virgin (Q4014884)
material used:
laid paper (Q1513685)
location of final assembly:
Nuremberg (Q2090)
fabrication method:
woodcut process (Q173242)
part of:
The Life of the Virgin (Q4014884)
depicts:
Woman of the Apocalypse (Q1153101)
instance of:
woodcut print (Q18219090)
print (Q11060274)
National Gallery of Art artwork ID:
605
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99.1
information from the National Gallery of Art catalog
description: 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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