Joachim and the Angel (from The Life of the Virgin, set of 20)

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Joachim and the Angel (from The Life of the Virgin, set of 20)

Artist Albrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528

Dateabout 1504

Dimensions11 13/16 x 8 1/8 in.

MediumWoodcut

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

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1924.39

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Published ReferencesDackerman, Susan, editor, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2002, cat. 43 Bartsch 78. Hollstein 190. Meder 190.Exhibition HistoryThe Passion and the Apocalypse: Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance, Oct 1,04 - Jan 2,05 TMA Durer Prints: Sept. 17 -Oct. 30, 1983 TMA Music and Prints: Oct. 6 - Nov. 18, 1979Label TextJoachim is visited by an angel who announces that he and his wife St. Anne will be blessed with a child, the Virgin Mary. While the angel relates this message, three bystanders witness the event in awe. The unusually large figures of the angel and Joachim are set off from the dense and somber surroundings in order to heighten the contrast between the heavenly occurrence of the annunciation and the earthly incidents of daily life depicted in the background.