Currently not on view
Mourning Madonna,
early 16th century
German
y1951-56
This Mater Dolorosa from a Crucifixion group was probably painted in naturalistic colors, like most German wooden sculpture of the period. In the nineteenth century any remaining paint would have been stripped off and the wood stained a dark brown by a dealer or collector, according to the taste of the time. Unfortunately this later stain cannot be removed. The face, pose, and drapery of the Virgin Mary are inspired by the prints of Albrecht Dürer, and are exemplary of the artist’s widespread influence. The diffusion of Dürer’s style in early-sixteenth-century European art, including sculpture and the decorative arts, was one of the most remarkable results of the revolution of printing and printmaking.
Information
Title
Mourning Madonna
Dates
early 16th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
61 × 30 × 16.5 cm (24 × 11 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Given in memory of Allan Marquand, Class of 1874, and Mrs. Marquand, by their daughters
Object Number
y1951-56
Place Made
Europe, Franconia
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Daughters of Allan Marquand and Mrs. Marquand; 1951 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 10, no. 2 (1951): p. 22-23., p. 22
- Program III: "Images of Mary", (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1975)., no. 37; p. 76-78
- Betsy Rosasco, "The teaching of art and the museum tradition: Joseph Henry to Allan Marquand," in "An art museum for Princeton: the early years", special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 55, no. 1/2 (1996): p. 7-52., p. 9, fig. 3
