The Virgin Surrounded by Many Angels

1518

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Drawing of a religious scene showing angelic figures and a central maternal figure with a child. Detailed line work and shading emphasize various figures, including angels with wings surrounding a central luminescent figure holding a child. Cherubic attendants are engaged in various activities, alongside elements like elaborate drapery and a crown placed by flying angels. The composition focuses on the numerous heavenly figures and the sanctity of the central figure's presence.

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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. 44B.

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. 248.

Wikidata ID

Q18339749

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