The Holy Family in an Enclosed Garden, 1512, Pen and reddish brown ink., 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 in. (26.8 x 19.8 cm), Drawings, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), This drawing is a variation on a popular fifteenth-century theme in which the Madonna is portrayed seated in a rose garden or on a grassy bank. The arbor suggests the enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, a visual metaphor for Mary’s virginity
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Holy Family, Enclosed Garden, 1512, Pen, reddish brown ink, 10 9/16 x 7 7/8, 26.8 19.8 cm, Drawings, Albrecht Dürer, German, Nuremberg, 1471–1528, drawing, variation, popular fifteenth-century, theme, Madonna, portrayed seated, rose garden, grassy bank, arbor, enclosed, hortus conclusus, visual metaphor, Mary, virginity
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