The Virgin and Child on a Crescent

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows a woman holding a child in her arms. The woman is standing upright and supporting the child on her left arm. She has soft and serene facial features with long, wavy hair. The child has curly hair and a cherubic face. Both figures are wearing flowing robes. Four angels or cherubs surround them, holding a detailed crown above the woman's head. The background includes halo-like arcs around the figures and cloud-like shapes at the base and edges.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 7.2 × 4.9 cm (2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.365

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 40

  • Series Title

    The Fall and Redemption of Man

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 25.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 40.

Wikidata ID

Q64952497

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