The Madonna on the Crescent

1510/1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a seated woman holding an infant. She is seated with her legs bent, cradling the child in her arms. The woman's facial expression is calm, with her eyes gazing downward at the child. Her hair is partly covered by a headdress or veil. She wears a long, flowing dress with intricate details. A halo of stars encircles her head, and she sits on a crescent moon. The background displays radiating lines of light and small stars.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.7 × 19.2 cm (8 15/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3628

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 188

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin: Title page

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 166.

Wikidata ID

Q18338560

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