id:			136172
accession number:	1959.99
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99
updated:		2025-08-07 22:10:37.143000

The Life of the Virgin: The Life of the Virgin, c. 1510–11. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99

title:				The Life of the Virgin
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series:				The Life of the Virgin
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creation date:			c. 1510–11
creation date earliest:		1510
creation date latest:		1511
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Germany, early 16th Century
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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CREATORS

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

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	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:		Durer
	opening date:   1971-04-06T05:00:00
	<i>Durer</i>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (April 6-May 8, 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Schab Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1959
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1959–
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CITATIONS

	Dürer, Albrecht. <em>The Life of the Virgin.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1959.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 1; Plate I
	url:		https://archive.org/details/AlbrechtDurer/page/n3

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” September 29, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0438

	Richards, Louise. "The Life of the Virgin." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>46, no. 10 (December 1959): 208-209.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 208-209
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142365

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 107
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n131

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 107
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n131

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 125
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n145

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