GENERAL DESCRIPTION
While kneeling at her bed in prayer, Mary is interrupted by the presence of the Angel Gabriel, who announces she is to bear the Son of God. In the upper left corner of the print, God sends down a dove, the embodiment of the Holy Spirit, and raises his hand in a sign of blessing, which is mirrored by Gabriel’s gesture. In the opposite corner is a budding white lily, the traditional symbol for Mary’s purity, which reflects her status as Virgin Mother.
Comparatively, woodcuts tend to look blockier when next to engravings, as it is difficult to represent thin and curving lines in a cut woodblock. This is evident here in the way Albrecht Dürer represented the folds of Mary’s and Gabriel’s garments with straight lines that meet at angles to suggest curves.
Excerpt from
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy, 2015.
NOTES
Series- The Small Passion, alternate name- The Small Woodcut Passion; 1509-1511, published 1511
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1958.24) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
Consider- Annunciation as a term defined
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
Changed the object name from Print to Woodcut. Changed the medium from Woodcut 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.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Archangel Gabriel: CONA: 1000493
Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin: CONA: 1001052
CONA entry for Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin--
Note: Story related in Luke 1:26-38. The angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary at Nazareth to inform her that she would conceive a child miraculously. Depictions typically include the Virgin at prayer, being surprised by an angel.
Provenance:
From 1958: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, anonymous gift [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Depicted location: Nazareth (Israel): TGN: 7001410
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Mary
Gabriel
Subject terms
bedroom
blessing
God (deity)
dove
angel
drapery
clouds
canopy bed
woman
kneeling
prayer
potted plant
lily
symbol
Christianity
messengers
heaven
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
248141244: UMO
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio-Woodcut~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the woodcut 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
While kneeling at her bed in prayer, Mary is interrupted by the presence of the Angel Gabriel, who announces she is to bear the Son of God. In the upper left corner of the print, God sends down a dove, the embodiment of the Holy Spirit, and raises his hand in a sign of blessing, which is mirrored by Gabriel’s gesture. In the opposite corner is a budding white lily, the traditional symbol for Mary’s purity, which reflects her status as Virgin Mother.
Comparatively, woodcuts tend to look blockier when next to engravings, as it is difficult to represent thin and curving lines in a cut woodblock. This is evident here in the way Albrecht Dürer represented the folds of Mary’s and Gabriel’s garments with straight lines that meet at angles to suggest curves.
Excerpt from
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy, 2015.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio-Woodcut~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the woodcut 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
Series- The Small Passion, alternate name- The Small Woodcut Passion; 1509-1511, published 1511
Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1958.24) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
Consider- Annunciation as a term defined
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
Changed the object name from Print to Woodcut. Changed the medium from Woodcut 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.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Archangel Gabriel: CONA: 1000493
Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin: CONA: 1001052
CONA entry for Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin--
Note: Story related in Luke 1:26-38. The angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary at Nazareth to inform her that she would conceive a child miraculously. Depictions typically include the Virgin at prayer, being surprised by an angel.
Provenance:
From 1958: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, anonymous gift [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Depicted location: Nazareth (Israel): TGN: 7001410
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Mary
Gabriel
Subject terms
bedroom
blessing
God (deity)
dove
angel
drapery
clouds
canopy bed
woman
kneeling
prayer
potted plant
lily
symbol
Christianity
messengers
heaven
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
248141244: UMO
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
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