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Albrecht Dürer: The Virgin and Child with a Monkey  wikidata:Q18338506 reasonator:Q18338506
Artist
Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Alternative names
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
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artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
The Virgin and Child with a Monkey
Object type copper engraving print / print Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Like his earliest engraving of the subject, Dürer portrayed the Madonna and Child within an enclosed garden. In addition to the garden, which refers to Mary’s virginity, the artist included other elements that reference each figure’s religious significance. The bird held by the Christ Child represents the souls that will be saved by his sacrifice while the chained monkey, a symbol of lust and greed, is tamed under the Madonna’s influence, thus reinforcing her purity and virtue. Done only a few years later than his Holy Family with Butterfly, the difference in the sculptural modeling of the figures and the skillful handling of the background show Dürer’s quick development as an engraver as well as the impact of his first visit to Italy in 1495-96.
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Date 1498
date QS:P571,+1498-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving
Dimensions Image: 19 x 7.9 cm (7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
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Accession number
1964.29
Place of creation Germany, late 15th Century-early 16th Century
Credit line Dudley P. Allen Fund
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Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.29
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