The Virgin as Queen of the angels

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1518
Height:
29.8 cm  (11 3/4 in.)
Width:
21.1 cm  (8 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
woodcut on paper
Place of creation:
Nürnberg
School:
German

    Item location

  • University of Michigan Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1962/2.16]

Description

On the right, an angel plays a side drum; in the lower right corner, a putto plays a small straight trumpet, while another putto holds an illegivle sheet of music with four staves on the top system, and three staves on the bottom system.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ
St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Side drum [2729]
End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM record id

1758