id: 147482 accession number: 1973.215 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.215 updated: 2022-05-14 09:01:27.355000 Virgin Crowned by an Angel, 1520. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1973.215 title: Virgin Crowned by an Angel title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1520 creation date earliest: 1520 creation date latest: 1520 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Meder 41 --- CREATORS * Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: I/II edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1973 opening date: 1974-01-30T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974). title: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979 opening date: 1979-09-04T04:00:00 Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 4, 1979-January 27, 1980). title: Eight Masters of the Print opening date: 1980-10-14T04:00:00 Eight Masters of the Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981). 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: The boundary between heaven and earth is obscured in this engraving as an angel descends to crown the Virgin with a simple diadem. Although she is plainly dressed and sits on a simple wooden bench, Dürer portrays Mary as the Queen of Heaven. Her direct gaze communicates her role as an intermediary with God for the sake of humankind. Like his Virgin with the Swaddled Child of the same year, Dürer employed a halo emitting dense striations of light to emphasize the Virgin’s holiness. He considered the two part of a set of three engravings and gave several away during his journey to the Netherlands from 1520 to 1521. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.215/1973.215_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.215/1973.215_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.215/1973.215_full.tif