The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, from "The Life of the Virgin"
ca. 1503
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (30.8 x 21.3 cm) image: 11 5/8 x 8 5/16 in. (29.5 x 21.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, 1919
Accession Number
19.73.150
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About this artwork
This The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, from "The Life of the Virgin" by Albrecht Dürer dating to ca. 1503 exemplifies the period. Created in woodcut, the work demonstrates technical mastery of materials and processes characteristic of the era. As part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints, this piece contributes to our understanding of historical artistic production. Prints from this period served diverse functions—artistic expression, documentation, commercial dist...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...