Madonna with the Pear

1512, Artist: Albrecht Dürer

 

 

Madonna with the Pear

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.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Saal XI

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

German

Dated

1512

Artist

Albrecht Dürer (1471 Nürnberg - 1528 Nürnberg) - GND

Material

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

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 848

Provenance

1600 acquired by Rudolf II (?); 1758 in the treasury

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