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Object Type
print
Museum number
1858,0417.968
Description
The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist, St Bruno and Carthusian monks; the Virgin standing on the crescent moon at centre, crowned and holding a sceptre; the Baptist with the lamb and flag at l; St Bruno with a book carrying his name at right; at their feet smaller-scale figures of kneeling Carthusian monks; framed by an ornamented arch; the outlines of where new pieces were inserted in the block for the figures of the male saints at left and right clearly visible in this impression. 1515 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1515
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
255 millimetres
Width:
187 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
BM has another impression, see 1895,0122.776; for a facsimile lithograph by Retberg, see 1870,0813.313.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(210)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(undescribed)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.382.3)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.240)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
virgin and child with saints
cleric
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
St John the Baptist (Prodromos)
Representation of:
St Bruno
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1858
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1858,0417.968
Conservation
Treatment
: 28 Feb 2011