Art, literature & history
The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Sceptre and a Starry Crown
1516
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- image/plate: 11.5 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.) sheet: 13.3 × 8.8 cm (5 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.3536
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Albrecht Dürer. The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Sceptre and a Starry Crown. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Sceptre and a Starry Crown — Albrecht Dürer. 1516.
Medium: engraving on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image/plate: 11.5 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.) sheet: 13.3 × 8.8 cm (5 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.3536. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.