id:			136172
accession number:	1959.99
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99
updated:		2023-01-11 00:49:41.435000

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-April 1, 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 (organizer) (June 22-September 28, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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The frontispiece of the series is a modification of the devotional imagery Dürer used in his depictions of the Virgin and Child standing in a crescent moon. Here, he also incorporated the themes of the nursing Madonna and the Madonna of Humility, often shown seated. In doing so, Dürer fused the Virgin’s regal, motherly, and humble natures into one striking image.
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RELATED WORKS

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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.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0438

	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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