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Dürer depicted the scene of the Virgin’s death (1959.99.18) as an intimate one, with the apostles keeping vigil around her deathbed. Three days later they witnessed Mary’s bodily assumption into paradise where she was crowned the Queen of Heaven (1959.99.19). The final print (1959.99.20), which some believe was conceived independently from the series because it falls outside of the typical narrative, shows the Virgin in a domestic setting surrounded by several saints, angels, and putti that celebrate her life-an especially fitting way to end the series.
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Document identity
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136182
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The Death of the Virgin
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print
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136182
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print
title
The Death of the Virgin
description
Dürer depicted the scene of the Virgin’s death (1959.99.18) as an intimate one, with the apostles keeping vigil around her deathbed. Three days later they witnessed Mary’s bodily assumption into paradise where she was crowned the Queen of Heaven (1959.99.19). The final print (1959.99.20), which some believe was conceived independently from the series because it falls outside of the typical narrative, shows the Virgin in a domestic setting surrounded by several saints, angels, and putti that celebrate her life-an especially fitting way to end the series.
date
1510
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q18338576
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11617
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Print
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1
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import
cul
Germany, early 16th Century
accession
1959.99.18
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tec
woodcut
tombstone
The Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin, 1510. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1959.99.18
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The Life of the Virgin
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PR - Woodcut
citations
citation
Dürer, Albrecht. <em>The Life of the Virgin</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1959.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 18, Plate 18
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Meder 205
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 06:56:46.197000
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136182
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PR - Woodcut
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woodcut
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male
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photo
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