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Life of the Virgin: Joachim and the Angel

Albrecht Dürer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving depicting a man on one knee with palms facing upward in a forest clearing. The man, on the bottom center, faces right. He wears a long robe. An angel on the left floats next to the man with a hand on his shoulder. The angel faces right and has feathered wings. The angel and man are surrounded by trees. A landscape with water and distant buildings is on the right. Sheep and a shepherd are on the bottom right. A lion lies on the bottom left. The edge of the engraving has a thin border. The engraving is titled "Life of the Virgin: Joachim and the Angel" and was created by Albrecht Dürer.

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640 × 893 px
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