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Virgin on a Crescent with a Starry Crown

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-METM-389983 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Figures, Jesus, Mary & Madonna, Religious Artist: Dürer, Albrecht

Tags: Figures, Jesus, Mary & Madonna, Religious

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Virgin on a Crescent with a Starry Crown shows Mary holding the child close, her crown and the surrounding radiance giving the pair a luminous outline. The long folds of her dress gather beneath the small, intimate exchange of mother and child. Virgin on a Crescent with a Starry Crown balances celestial majesty with the warmth of a familiar act of care.

The engraving, credited to Albrecht Dürer and de Lumague, is dated 1508. Fine lines make the halo of light feel distinct from the heavier texture of the cloth, while the crescent provides a delicate curved base. The close relationship of the two figures remains central despite the visionary setting. Its appeal comes from that union of tenderness and radiance, allowing an expansive devotional image to retain the immediacy of two bodies held together.

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