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DÜRER, Albrecht: Madonna Crowned by Two Angels

🖼 Madonna Crowned by Two Angels, 1518
Engraving
148 × 100 cm
New York, USA

Madonna Crowned by Two Angels Albrecht Dürer created this devotional image during his mature period, when he had already established himself as Northern Europe's most influential artist. The composition presents the Virgin Mary in a moment of heavenly coronation, a popular subject in German Renaissance art that emphasized both her divine status and maternal tenderness. With characteristic precision and spiritual intensity, Dürer combines meticulous detail with an intimate, contemplative mood that exemplifies the refined religious sensibility of early 16th-century Northern Europe.

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