The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child with Four Angels

c. 1500

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a medieval-style woodcut illustration with a central figure, a woman seated, holding an infant on her lap. The woman gazes at the child, with softly rendered facial features and wavy hair, wearing flowing garments. Both figures have halos. Around them are other figures, likely angels with wings and robes, each with a halo. The background is filled with foliage and grapevines.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 109, repro.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1971

  • Meder [1932] 1971, p. 280-281, XVI 1.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 3: no. 37.12.

Wikidata ID

Q18339748

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