The Birth of the Virgin

c. 1503/1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of an angel overseeing a domestic scene. The composition is detailed and busy, with the angel in the sky and figures below engaged in various activities. The room below the angel shows women tending to daily tasks. The drawing includes architectural elements, furniture, and figures that depict a realistic domestic setting being observed by the angel.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 38D.

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. 170.

Wikidata ID

Q18338563

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