1504
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Life of the Virgin: The Death of the Virgin is a 1504 by Albrecht Dürer, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a group of people gathered around a bed where a woman lies dying. Her body is wrapped in cloth, and a priest in a tall hat stands nearby, holding a cross. Others kneel or stand around, some looking down or holding objects like a book or a candle. The scene looks like a moment from a story about faith and death. The artist used shading to make the figures look three-dimensional, even though it’s a drawing. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create depth in art.
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
![Madonna and Child [obverse]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/d7b8ebf05d22ebe5/thumb.webp)
![Lot and His Daughters [reverse]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/b4ebf9b282faa17a/thumb.webp)
