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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
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 — Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, from "
Albrecht Dürer — Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, from T
Hans Schäufelein|Ulrich Pinder|Friedrich Peypus — Christ bef
Hans Schäufelein|Ulrich Pinder|Friedrich Peypus — Christ bef
Albrecht Dürer — The Mocking of Christ, from "The Small Pass
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) — The Fall and Red
Albrecht Dürer — The Bearing of the Cross, from "The Large P
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480–1538) — The Fall and Red
Albrecht Dürer — The Betrayal of Christ, from "The Small Pas
Albrecht Dürer — The Mocking of Christ, from "The Small Pass
Hans Schäufelein|Ulrich Pinder|Friedrich Peypus — Ecce Homo,
Hans Schäufelein|Ulrich Pinder|Friedrich Peypus — Christ Str
![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)
