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Virgin and Child with the Monkey, Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

Virgin and Child with the Monkey

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Albrecht Dürer

Virgin and Child with the Monkey, ca. 1498

Blatt: 193 x 124 mm
Darstellung: 191 x 122 mm

Physical Description: Monogrammed copperplate on ribbed laid paper

Inventory Number: 62760

Object Number: 62760 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 1900

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

15th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Monogrammed copperplate on ribbed laid paper

Material

Technique

copperplate engraving

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert in der Platte unten mittig: AD

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): 2 [im Kreis] / P A[...] / Wiberger [...]
Verso Stempel der Sammlung Heinrich Anton Cornill d’Orville, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 529)
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: Hollstein German VII.26.30
TIB 1001.042
Schoch/Mende/ Scherbaum 1.70.20
Meder 1932.82.30
Bartsch VII.60.42

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

11F42Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)
11F715Christ-child holding something in his hand, e.g. apple, bird, cherries, crucifix, grapes, paper wind-mill ~ Madonna-representations
25F3birds
25F22monkeys, apes
25H2landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Secondary

25I3farm or solitary house in landscape

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18.07.2024