GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This is one of Albrecht Dürer's most beautiful images of the Madonna and Child. The infant Christ holds his hand raised in a gesture of blessing. The pear the Virgin Mary holds in her right hand represents sweetness of soul. It was a popular symbol in Venetian Renaissance painting, which Dürer would have discovered during his travels to Venice.
Excerpt from
Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy (1971.84) for With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer, December 2003
NOTES
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Alternate title
The Madonna with the Pear
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Colonel Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
n.d.: his widow
Until 1971: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX, purchased from the above
From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
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Mary
Jesus
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Christianity
mother
infant
woman
sitting
tree
pear
drapery
monogram
grasses
castle
city gate
sky
clouds
hills
symbolism
blessing
landscape
naturalism
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- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
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General Description
This is one of Albrecht Dürer's most beautiful images of the Madonna and Child. The infant Christ holds his hand raised in a gesture of blessing. The pear the Virgin Mary holds in her right hand represents sweetness of soul. It was a popular symbol in Venetian Renaissance painting, which Dürer would have discovered during his travels to Venice.
Excerpt from
Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy (1971.84) for With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer, December 2003
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Alternate title
The Madonna with the Pear
Provenance (not public)
n.d.: Colonel Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
n.d.: his widow
Until 1971: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX, purchased from the above
From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Mary
Jesus
Subject terms
Christianity
mother
infant
woman
sitting
tree
pear
drapery
monogram
grasses
castle
city gate
sky
clouds
hills
symbolism
blessing
landscape
naturalism
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