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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The Virgin and the Infant Christ with Saint Anne
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Virgin and the Infant Christ with Saint Anne

Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
CultureGerman
Dateca. 1500
MediumEngraving
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.4 x 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of F. and L.S. Herman in Honor of Rear Admiral Jack Remey Wadleigh and His Wife Ray Williams Wadleigh
Object number97.37
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, 310, BIN, 15
DescriptionView of two standing women, the one at the right [Mary] holding a baby [Christ] with her back to the viewer and her hair blowing in the wind; the one at the left [St. Anne] reaching out to touch the head of the baby; a crowned figure [God] and a dove radiating from the clouds at top center.