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
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creation date:			1520
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1520
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Meder 41

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CREATORS

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

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state of the work:	I/II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. 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
	<i>Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979</i>. 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
	<i>Eight Masters of the Print</i>. 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
	<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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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 <em>Virgin with the Swaddled Child</em> 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.
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