The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Sceptre and a Starry Crown

1516

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts a woman holding a child. The woman has a gentle tilt to her head and appears to be looking at the child. She has detailed facial features, long flowing hair, and wears a crown. Her clothing is adorned with draped fabric. The child is naked and appears to be looking outward, resting in the woman's left arm. The woman holds a staff in her right hand. Radiating lines create a halo effect in the background. The number "1516" is inscribed to the right, and an artist's monogram is at the bottom right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/plate: 11.5 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 13.3 × 8.8 cm (5 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3536

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 5.

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. 1: no. 81.

Inscriptions

in plate, upper right: 1516; in plate, bottom right: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, upper center, in graphite by a later hand: 8; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B [?] 32 [faded]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 56; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 44 [upside down]

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338475

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