id: 114733 accession number: 1934.334 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.334 updated: 2022-01-04 15:13:54.782000 The Virgin with a Starry Crown, 1508. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1934.334 title: The Virgin with a Starry Crown title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1508 creation date earliest: 1508 creation date latest: 1508 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Meder 32 --- CREATORS * Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: II/II edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34 opening date: 1935-02-20T05:00:00 Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-March 13, 1935). title: Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection opening date: 1938-03-23T05:00:00 Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-April 24, 1938). title: 16th Century German Engravings opening date: 1938-12-13T05:00:00 16th Century German Engravings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1938-January 22, 1939). title: Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary opening date: 1971-02-19T05:00:00 Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 19-March 28, 1971). title: Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire opening date: 2014-06-22T00:00:00 Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Dürer made four engravings of the Virgin and Child standing on a crescent moon. These devotional images link the Madonna with the pregnant woman of the apocalypse from chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation. The verse says that "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars . . . " appeared in heaven, delivering a son to conquer Satan—a prefiguration of Christ. In direct contrast with the crowned Virgin here, whose double aureole shines extravagantly around her figure, Dürer conceived the Madonna (1958.116) with simplicity and humility. In each he presents the dual roles of the Virgin as the Queen of Heaven and as the humble mother of Jesus. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1934.334/1934.334_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1934.334/1934.334_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1934.334/1934.334_full.tif