The Virgin Mary with a Carnation by Albrecht Dürer was created in 1516. The painting is in Alte Pinakothek München. The size of the work is 39,7 x 29,3 cm and is made of oil on wood.
About the Work
This unusual picture is recorded as having already been in the private gallery of Elector Maximilian I in 1607. The extreme frontality of the Madonna is reminiscent of early icons of the Virgin. The carnation is a symbol of the Passion of Christ. Discover more in Alte Pinakothek München
About the Work
Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.
Dürer’s vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. The woodcuts series are stylistically more Gothic than the rest of his work, but revolutionised the potential of that medium, while his extraordinary handling of the burin expanded especially the tonal range of his engravings; well-known engravings include the three Meisterstiche (master prints) Knight, Death and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514), and Melencolia I (1514). His watercolours mark him as one of the first European landscape artists. Read more in Wikipedia
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