The Virgin on the Crescent with a Diadem

1514

German, Nuremberg 1471-1528

Dürer's third engraving of this subject is the simplest and most monumental. The drapery folds are broader, the Child more robust, and the overall tonality is silvery and restrained.

Engraving

Plate h.: 4 5/8 in.

Plate w.: 2 15/16 in.

Gift of Dr. Leo Wallerstein

53.174

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Durer, Rembrandt, and Goya: Old Masters Prints from the Seattle Art Museum Collection", May 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 1/1/2002)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Old Master Prints from the Wallerstein Collection", October 18 - December 30, 1984. Circuit: Brown University, Bell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 1/16/85-2/13/85; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, New York, 3/5/85-5/26/85. (10/18/1984 - 05/26/1985)

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