Art, literature & history
The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Starry Crown
1508
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to plate): 11.9 × 7.8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.3497
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Albrecht Dürer. The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with 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 Starry Crown — Albrecht Dürer. 1508.
Medium: engraving on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed to plate): 11.9 × 7.8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.3497. 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.