Albrecht Dürer, The Death of the Virgin
Allen Fund, 1959.99.18 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Albrecht Dürer

The Death of the Virgin

1510

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
woodcut
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-200400

Dürer depicted the scene of the Virgin’s death (1959.99.18) as an intimate one, with the apostles keeping vigil around her deathbed. Three days later they witnessed Mary’s bodily assumption into paradise where she was crowned the Queen of Heaven (1959.99.19). The final print (1959.99.20), which some believe was conceived independently from the series because it falls outside of the typical narrative, shows the Virgin in a domestic setting surrounded by several saints, angels, and putti that celebrate her life-an especially fitting way to end the series.

Provenance

Allen Fund, 1959.99.18

Registry history

  • 1510 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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