id: 135072 accession number: 1958.116 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.116 updated: 2022-01-04 15:59:18.269000 The Virgin with Hairband on a Crescent Moon, 1508. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.116 title: The Virgin with Hairband on a Crescent Moon title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1508 creation date earliest: 1508 creation date latest: 1508 current location: creditline: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: Germany, late 15th-early 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Meder 35 --- CREATORS * Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00 Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). 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: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). 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 (1934.334), 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/1958.116/1958.116_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.116/1958.116_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.116/1958.116_full.tif