About this artwork
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artist:Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) German
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title:The Virgin on the Crescent (The Life of the Virgin)
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date created:1511
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materials:Woodcut on paper
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measurements:With text: 20.30 x 19.60 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1966
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accession number:P 2677.11
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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer
Dürer made a great impact on European art through his outstanding skills as a draughtsman and printmaker. He was also an accomplished painter and writer of theoretical treatises on measurement and proportion, and helped raise the status of artists in his native Germany. Born in Nuremberg, the son...