Madonna with the Pear
1512 | Albrecht Dürer
Dürer shows the bust portrait of the Virgin Mary set against a black background, who with tenderly lowered gaze presents the venerated Infant Jesus on a cloth. In his left hand the child holds a pear slice symbolizing Jesus’ love, as Dürer presents it to us in the soft familiarity between mother and child. The gentle Madonna type and the child lolling in a supine position accord with late Gothic models, while the pale colouring and soft modeling are more of Italian origin.
Dürer shows the bust portrait of the Virgin Mary set against a black background, who with tenderly lowered gaze presents the venerated Infant Jesus on a cloth. In his left hand the child holds a pear slice symbolizing Jesus’ love, as Dürer presents it to us in the soft familiarity between mother and child. The gentle Madonna type and the child lolling in a supine position accord with late Gothic models, while the pale colouring and soft modeling are more of Italian origin.
Artist:
Albrecht Dürer (1471 Nürnberg - 1528 Nürnberg) DNB
Time:
1512
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 49,3 cm × 37,4 cm × 2,8 cm
Framed: 64 cm × 52,8 cm × 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed with the monogram at upper right, dat. 1512
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 848
Provenance
1600 acquired by Rudolf II (?); 1758 in the treasury