The Virgin Crowned by One Angel
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471-1528)
CultureGerman
Date1520
MediumEngraving
DimensionsOverall: 5 13/16 x 3 1/8 in. (14.7 x 7.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedMonogram and date "D" within "A" and "1520" on a tag at lower left. On back of print -- MMA stamp and MMA Duplicate stamp with initial "AHM" and "'56" in pencil and "17.72.26" in pencil between these stamps; "ED.37"; "B.481"; "re/" -- all those in pencil as is "5/" in upper left corner. On back mat inside, lower right: "17.72.26". On front of mat bottom center: "Albrecht Burer German School 1471-1528 The Virgin Crowned by One Angel (K.94 B.37) Rogers Fund, 1917". On left edge at top: "German Durer B:VII 56.37 K:94".
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.6
Not on view
DescriptionA haloed Virgin, holding Christ the child, being crowned by an angel. 
Jan Philips van Thielen
1651
