Virgin and Child with the Monkey, ca. 1498

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

• handmade paper
• Vergé paper

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

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1900

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint
• landscape

Main Motif

• depiction of the Virgin
• Mary
• Christ Child
• woman
• child
• animal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Devil

Primary

• 11F42 Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)
• 11F715 Christ-child holding something in his hand, e.g. apple, bird, cherries, crucifix, grapes, paper wind-mill ~ Madonna-representations
• 25F3 birds
• 25F22 monkeys, apes
• 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Secondary

• 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape