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A young woman in flowing robes holds a seated nude baby in her folded hands.

The woman (Virgin Mary) faces forward, her face is pensive, head leaning left toward the chubby baby (Jesus) who looks up at her, holding a small sphere in his lap. The Virgin’s hair is long and curly, her left knee is slightly bent as her left foot rests upon the center of a thin crescent. Her feet are obscured by flowing fabric of her robes. There is no background detail except for multiple lines of varying length emanating all around the figures.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1077
People
Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)
Title
Virgin on the Crescent Without Crown
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1499
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274104

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
cut to plate: 10.6 x 7.5 cm (4 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on plate, l.c.: signed with artist's monogram "AD"
  • collector's mark: verso, l.r.: EH Greenleaf [Edward Hale Greenleaf (see Lugt 5207)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Meder b/d
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 30, Meder 29, Strauss 27

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1077
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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