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
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creation date:			1508
creation date earliest:		1508
creation date latest:		1508
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Meder 32

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CREATORS

* Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)  - artist

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state of the work:	II/II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34
	opening date:   1935-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34</i>. 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
	<i>Exhibition of Prints by the Little Masters: Prints form the Museum Collection</i>. 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
	<i>16th Century German Engravings</i>. 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
	<i>Albrecht Dürer - 500th Anniversary</i>. 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
	<i>Dürer’s Women: Images of Devotion and Desire</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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 <em>Madonna</em> (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.
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