# Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, in 16th-century Germany

Albrecht Dürer painted this (probably 1519), aged 48. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Three generations fill this close, half-length panel: Saint Anne, wrapped in a white headcloth, rests a hand on the shoulder of her daughter Mary, who folds her hands in prayer over the sleeping Christ Child.

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## The work

- Date: probably 1519
- Medium: Oil on linden
- Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60 x 49.8 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 14.40.633
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albrecht-durer), German, 1471–1528

Dürer trained as a goldsmith with his father and then under the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut, whose studio produced woodcut book illustrations.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/albrecht-durer?hang=750) (8 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=750) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=750) (210 works)

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