Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519.
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne · Albrecht Dürer · probably 1519 · European Paintings
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519.
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519.
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer

Year
probably 1519
Medium
Oil on linden
Dimensions
23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60 x 49.8 cm)
Collection
European Paintings
License
Public Domain

Dürer’s ‘Virgin and Child with Saint Anne’ is painted on linden wood. It measures 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The painting likely dates to 1519. It was bequeathed to the museum by Benjamin Altman in 1913. Its support is oil on linden, a choice common in northern Europe.

Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary, and the Christ Child form a popular motif in German art from the 14th century. Dürer’s version is an example of this tradition.

Dürer was a German painter and printmaker based in Nuremberg. He was known for his detailed woodcut prints and worked under the patronage of Emperor Maximilian I.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436244

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