File:Albrecht Dürer - The Birth of the Virgin - 1959.99.5 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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[edit]Albrecht Dürer: The Birth of the Virgin
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Albrecht Dürer |
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| Title |
The Life of the Virgin: The Birth of the Virgin |
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The Life of the Virgin  |
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| Series title |
The Life of the Virgin |
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religious art |
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| Description |
Dürer devoted three woodcuts (1959.99.5-7) to the significant events in Mary’s youth prior to her sacred calling. His depiction of her birth recalls a contemporary birthing scene, complete with midwives, female friends, and relatives. Anna rests from her efforts in the background while an attendant bathes the infant Mary in the immediate right foreground. The religious significance of the event is made known by the presence of an angel above. In the subsequent prints Mary is presented several years later at the temple (running up the stairs), followed by her betrothal to an older widowed man named Joseph. |
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Mary |
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| Date | between circa 1503 and circa 1504 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Woodcut | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 29.8 cm (11.7 in) ; width: 21.1 cm (8.3 in) |
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1959.99.5 |
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| Place of creation | Germany, early 16th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Dudley P. Allen Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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