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The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints and Angels

Albrecht Dürerc. 1500-1502

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Dürer depicted the scene of the Virgin’s death (1959.99.18) as an intimate one, with the apostles keeping vigil around her deathbed. Three days later they witnessed Mary’s bodily assumption into paradise where she was crowned the Queen of Heaven (1959.99.19). The final print (1959.99.20), which some believe was conceived independently from the series because it falls outside of the typical narrative, shows the Virgin in a domestic setting surrounded by several saints, angels, and putti that celebrate her life-an especially fitting way to end the series.

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  • Title: The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints and Angels
  • Creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
  • Date Created: c. 1500-1502
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.99.20
  • Medium: woodcut
  • Series: The Life of the Virgin
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: Germany, early 16th Century
  • Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
  • Collection: PR - Woodcut
  • Accession Number: 1959.99.20
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