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Source Description
A watercolor drawing dated 1503 (in the Albertina, Vienna) by the German master Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was the source for the composition, but the style is from around 1600 at which time there was a kind of "Dürer revival" in Germany and the Netherlands The drawing was then owned by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague who commissioned copies or adaptations from artists at his court. Painting on copper creates an enamel-like surface that satisfied collector's taste for refinement. The idyllic image of the Virgin playing with the infant Christ in a landscape full of varied detail was popular in the early 1500s when landscapes began their evolution from just background to independent compositions. Further analysis within the "Chamber of Wonders" installation and bibliography
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19250
label
Virgin and Child in a Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19250
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child in a Landscape
description
A watercolor drawing dated 1503 (in the Albertina, Vienna) by the German master Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was the source for the composition, but the style is from around 1600 at which time there was a kind of "Dürer revival" in Germany and the Netherlands The drawing was then owned by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague who commissioned copies or adaptations from artists at his court. Painting on copper creates an enamel-like surface that satisfied collector's taste for refinement. The idyllic image of the Virgin playing with the infant Christ in a landscape full of varied detail was popular in the early 1500s when landscapes began their evolution from just background to independent compositions. Further analysis within the "Chamber of Wonders" installation and bibliography
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1600 (Late Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.7
height
19.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/2 x W: 7 13/16 in. (26.7 x 19.9 cm)
Source extras
reign
Rudolph II (1576-1611)
med
oil on copper
creator_ids
2196
6211
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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