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Source Description
These two woodcuts (1959.99.16-17) feature events that overlap in both Mary’s and Jesus’s lives. The first is a scene in which Mary finds Jesus, after days of searching, speaking from behind a lectern to the temple’s elders. The second refers to the the moment Mary was forced to say goodbye to her son as he leaves for Jerusalem and ultimately on to the events of his Passion. This print represents the most sorrowful episode of the series as Mary kneels, beseeching Jesus to stay.
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Document identity
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136180
label
Christ Disputing with Doctors
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print
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136180
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print
title
Christ Disputing with Doctors
description
These two woodcuts (1959.99.16-17) feature events that overlap in both Mary’s and Jesus’s lives. The first is a scene in which Mary finds Jesus, after days of searching, speaking from behind a lectern to the temple’s elders. The second refers to the the moment Mary was forced to say goodbye to her son as he leaves for Jerusalem and ultimately on to the events of his Passion. This print represents the most sorrowful episode of the series as Mary kneels, beseeching Jesus to stay.
date
c. 1503–1504
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q18338574
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11617
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Print
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1
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import
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Germany, early 16th Century
accession
1959.99.16
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tec
woodcut
tombstone
The Life of the Virgin: Christ Disputing with Doctors, c. 1503–1504. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.16
series
The Life of the Virgin
collection
PR - Woodcut
formerAccessionNumbers
1959.114
citations
citation
Dürer, Albrecht. <em>The Life of the Virgin.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1959.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 16; Plate XVI
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Meder 203
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 06:56:45.587000
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136180
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PR - Woodcut
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woodcut
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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