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The Holy Family with Two Musician Angels
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About this work
In a whimsical detail, Dürer included two cherubs seated at the feet of the Virgin who attempt to play a lute and a bagpipe, heralding the celebration of the new family.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Holy Family with Two Musician Angels, 1511. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Woodcut; sheet: 12.2 x 12.2 cm (4 13/16 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Ellery Greene for the Lucy S. Greene Collection, 1965.538
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