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The Madonna on the Crescent

1510/1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a woman seated on a crescent moon, holding and nursing a baby. She has delicate facial features, her hair partially covered by a draped veil. Her clothing is detailed with layers of fabric. A halo of stars encircles her head, with rays of light radiating outwards. The sky is filled with small stars and clouds.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Kimbell Art Foundation, Courtesy Ruth Carter Stevenson
Dimensions

sheet: 29.2 x 21.9 cm (11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1987.40.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Meder, no. 188

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Bernhard Hausmann (Lugt 377)

Associated Names

Kimbell Art Museum

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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