id:			135072
accession number:	1958.116
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.116
updated:		2022-09-22 09:54:52.352000

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
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creation date:			1508
creation date earliest:		1508
creation date latest:		1508
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creditline:			Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture:	Germany, late 15th-early 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Meder 35

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CREATORS

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

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	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:		When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
	opening date:   1981-12-01T05:00:00
	<i>When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story</i>. 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
	<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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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 <em>Virgin</em> (1934.334), 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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