Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The frontispiece of the series is a modification of the devotional imagery Dürer used in his depictions of the Virgin and Child standing in a crescent moon. Here, he also incorporated the themes of the nursing Madonna and the Madonna of Humility, often shown seated. In doing so, Dürer fused the Virgin’s regal, motherly, and humble natures into one striking image.
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Albrecht Dürer — The Madonna on the Crescent, Frontispiece t
Lucas van Leyden — The Crowned Virgin With Child in Glory
Albrecht Dürer — The Holy Family with Five Angels
Johann Schott|Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) — Mad
Albrecht Dürer — Holy Family with a Dragonfly
Claude Mellan|Nicolas Le Pelletier de La Houssaye — Virgin a
de Lumague|Albrecht Dürer — Virgin on a Crescent with a Star
Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550) — The Holy Family unde
Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550) — Virgin with the Parr
Albrecht Dürer — The Virgin Nursing the Child
Albrecht Dürer — Virgin and Child on a Grassy Bench
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) — The Virgin in a 
![Madonna and Child [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/878db7e6-10ae-4cae-ba5d-6d6f5c413ae8/full/!500,500/0/default.jpg)
![Lot and His Daughters [reverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7565a449-f82a-414b-9bda-c93f55a51b4d/full/!500,500/0/default.jpg)
