In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The first three woodcuts of Dürer’s narrative (1959.99.2-4) portray the events leading up to the Virgin’s birth. According to an apocryphal text, Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anna, had remained childless into old age. After Joachim’s offering at the temple was rejected for this reason, the angel Gabriel appeared to him in the wilderness to announce that his wife would soon bear a child. At this news, the two tenderly embraced at the city’s gate.
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Albrecht Dürer — The Rejection of Joachim's Offering, from "
Albrecht Dürer — The Rejection of Joachim's Offering, from T
Albrecht Dürer — The Presentation in the Temple, from "The L
Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553) — Martyrdom of St. Thomas
Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519) — Der Schatzbehalter: 
Albrecht Dürer — The Circumcision, from "The Life of the Vir
Albrecht Dürer — The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virg
Albrecht Dürer — The Presentation of the Virgin in the Templ
Ludwig Krug (German, 1490–1532) — L'Adoration des Rois
Albrecht Dürer — The Death of the Virgin, from The Life of t
Albrecht Dürer — The Death of the VIrgin, from "The Life of 
anonymous — Graflegging van Christus
![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)
