The Virgin with the Monkey

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Object Details

Print Maker

Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Virgin holding the Child on her lap holding a bird. On the left is a seated monkey.

Credit Line

Gift of Leo Wallerstein

Date

ca. 1506

Accession Number

1948-133-1

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

figures

Object Name

Type

Medium

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

19.3 x 12.6 cm (7 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

made in

Germany

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a9c01218-f00f-4aee-a510-9cfc2976769e

Record ID

chndm_1948-133-1

The Virgin with the Monkey

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