The Virgin and Child Crowned by Two Angels

1518

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts a woman seated on a stone holding a child in her lap. The woman has delicate features, long flowing hair, and a serene expression. She wears a detailed gown. The child has curly hair and is dressed in simple clothing. Two winged angels hover above, holding crowns. In the background, there is a rustic fence, hills, and trees. An object with inscriptions is near the woman's feet. The scene conveys tranquility and reverence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 14.9 × 10.2 cm (5 7/8 × 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3537

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carl Julius Kollmann [1820-1875], Dresden (Lugt 1584); (sale, Hollstein and Puppel, Berlin, 6 November 1929, lot 382); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 84.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom right: 1518 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B.39.Dodg.87 [?]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 3 [upside down]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: JFL - [?]; verso, bottom center, in ink by a later hand: 129

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338476

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