Madonna by the Wall / Albrecht Dürer

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Accession Number
1958/1.95
Title
Madonna by the Wall
Artist Nationality
German
Artist Life Dates
Nüremberg, 1471-1528
Medium and Support
engraving on laid paper
Object Creation Date
1514
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Germany (nation)
Bavaria (state)
Mittelfranken (national district)
Nuremberg (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Germany (nation)
Creation Place 3
Bavaria (state)
Creation Place 5
Nuremberg (inhabited place)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Style/Group/Movement
Northern Renaissance
Inscription
Signed and dated, on plate, middle r.:
Dimensions
14.8 cm x 10 cm (5 13/16 in. x 3 15/16 in.)
Century
16th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
intaglio print
Physical Description
A young woman, dressed in long robes with her veil drawn over her head, sits next to a wall holding an infant in her lap. She is turned slightly to her right and gazes sweetly upon the child who twists to face the viewer and holds an apple in his left hand. A stream meanders through the landscape of trees and city walls behind them.
Subject Matter
This exquisitely crafted print depicts the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ on her lap. While she gazes serenely upon her child, he turns to look intensely outward and holds up an apple, an allusion to Adam's fall from grace and Christ's role as the "second Adam" who would redeem humanity from sin. A quiet landscape that includes the walls and towers of Nuremberg stretches into the background.
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Record
1958/1.95
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"Madonna by the Wall; Albrecht Dürer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1958-sl-1.95/1958_1.95.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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