The Virgin with Hairband on a Crescent Moon
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) · 1508 · engraving
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About this picture
The Virgin with Hairband on a Crescent Moon is a CC0 illustration by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528), dated 1508. Engraving. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Virgin with Hairband on a Crescent Moon” (1508) is the kind of engraving or woodcut Dürer sent across Europe, modeling form with line rather than with a wash of color.
About the artist
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a German painter and printmaker in Nuremberg. His engravings and woodcuts circulated across Europe and taught other artists his way of modeling with line.
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