The Madonna on the Crescent

1510/1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image features a woman sitting on a crescent moon holding a child. The woman appears serene with closed eyes and long hair. The child has curly hair and faces upwards. The woman wears draped robes, a veil, and a crown of stars. The crescent moon has an ornate border, and both figures are surrounded by radiating lines. Small stars are scattered in the background. Latin text is at the top, and additional verses are below the figures on a textured paper background.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer: An Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Atlanta, GA, 1986, no. 14, repro.

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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