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The Life of the Virgin VIII; The Visitation
After the Angel Gabriel had announced to Mary that she would become the mother of the Lord Jesus, she visited her kinswoman Elizabeth in Judea. This visit is recorded in Luke1:39-56. Dürer’s vision of the encounter shows a visibly pregnant Mary…
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The Life of the Virgin IX; The Nativity or The Adoration of the Shepherds
Dürer has placed the vanishing point by the side of the stable. The resulting perspective with the open wall aspect allows for a tightly focused view of the Virgin Mary, the Christ child and angels. Joseph appears at the left, with a lamp and staff,…
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The Life of the Virgin X; The Circumcision of Christ
As in previous compositions, Dürer creates visual interest around the central theme. A crowd of figures, some with children, almost jostle around the priest, who leans forward to the Christ child to carry out the circumcision. The cast of…
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The Life of the Virgin XI; The Adoration of the Magi
Visible beyond the remains of the roof and framed by massive oak pillars and beams, the Star of Bethlehem shines above the three kings as they come to worship the infant Christ. A moment of subtle drama is created as the Moorish king steps across…
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The Life of the Virgin XIV; The Rest during the Flight to Egypt
A busy and contented scene, with Mary shown spinning and rocking Christ’s cradle attended by three angels. Joseph is working at his carpentry, with little winged putti sweeping up wood scraps and placing them in a pannier. To counterbalance the…
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St. Christopher
Engraving, 1521.
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The Holy Family with Three Hares
This large format woodcut shows the Madonna seated serenely on a turf bench in an open-air setting, the Christ child on her lap and a deferential Joseph behind. Dürer’s approach is to bombard us with a wealth of imagery celebrating the abundance of…
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Portrait of Ulrich Varnbüler
Ulrich Varnbüler was a German public official and distinguished classical scholar. Dürer intended his woodcut to be almost life-size, and to retain the drawn strokes of the original chalk study. The imposing physicality of Varnbüler is marked, with…
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St. George
Attributed to Albrecht Dürer. In Christian hagiography St George, c 275-281 – 303 AD, was a soldier of the Roman Empire, who was put to death by Emperor Diocletian for refusing his orders to persecute Christians. According to medieval legend, St…
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The Virgin Appears to St. John
The title page to Dürer’s Apocalypse series shows the Virgin Mary with Christ, looking on at St. John, who is in the act of writing. The Revelation of John was written at the end of the first century AD, an allegory foretelling the destruction of…