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Series Title: The Life of the Virgin

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

c. 1504–1505

Albrecht Dürer

(German, 1471–1528)
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Culture
Germany, early 16th Century
Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1959.99.17
Catalogue raisonné
Meder 204 a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

These two woodcuts (1959.99.16-17) feature events that overlap in both Mary’s and Jesus’s lives. The first is a scene in which Mary finds Jesus, after days of searching, speaking from behind a lectern to the temple’s elders. The second refers to the the moment Mary was forced to say goodbye to her son as he leaves for Jerusalem and ultimately on to the events of his Passion. This print represents the most sorrowful episode of the series as Mary kneels, beseeching Jesus to stay.
A vertically oriented woodcut print in dense black-inked lines depicts four people with light skin tones. On the right, bearded Christ stands in heavy robes, gesturing toward Mary. She kneels on the left, leaning against a woman who places a hand on her shoulder while a third woman stands nearby. A large wooden structure frames the group before a distant fortified city and a gnarled, leafless tree on the right.

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

c. 1504–1505

Albrecht Dürer

(German, 1471–1528)
Germany, early 16th Century

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