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Virgin and Child on a crescent

Sebald BEHAM
Virgin and Child on a crescent
 1520

Medium
engraving

Measurements
8.3 × 5.8 cm (plate)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
B. 17

Accession Number
1278.1132-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian character) Christ Child (Christian theme) crescents (motifs) glories Jesus Christ (Christian character) Madonna and Child (Christian theme)

Movements
Renaissance

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Essay
Albrecht Dürer’s devotional images of the Virgin and Child

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