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
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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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.
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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