id:			136190
accession number:	1959.99.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99.7
updated:		2022-03-04 10:00:31.177000

The Life of the Virgin: The Betrothal of the Virgin, c. 1504-1505. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1959.99.7

title:				The Betrothal of the Virgin
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series:				The Life of the Virgin
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creation date:			c. 1504-1505
creation date earliest:		1504
creation date latest:		1505
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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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catalogue raisonne: Meder 194

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CREATORS

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

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators
	opening date:   1986-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986).

	title:		Albrecht Dürer and His Influence
	opening date:   1991-01-16T05:00:00
	<i>Albrecht Dürer and His Influence</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).

	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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wall description: 
Dürer devoted three woodcuts (1959.99.5-7) to the significant events in Mary’s youth prior to her sacred calling. His depiction of her birth recalls a contemporary birthing scene, complete with midwives, female friends, and relatives. Anna rests from her efforts in the background while an attendant bathes the infant Mary in the immediate right foreground. The religious significance of the event is made known by the presence of an angel above. In the subsequent prints Mary is presented several years later at the temple (running up the stairs), followed by her betrothal to an older widowed man named Joseph.
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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. 7; Plate VII
	url:		https://archive.org/details/AlbrechtDurer/page/n15

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