Albrecht DürerGerman, 1471–1528The Nativity
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “The Nativity” now? National Gallery of Art, 101B Prints & Drawings, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
Closed· opens at 10:00 AM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1943.3.3636
What it shows
In the catalog
Display history
On view · 101B Prints & Drawings
National Gallery of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — now · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
National Gallery of Art · Sep 29, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 28, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
National Gallery of Art · Sep 28, 2026 — Sep 28, 2026 · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Sep 27, 2026 — Sep 28, 2026 · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
National Gallery of Art · Sep 26, 2026 — Sep 27, 2026 · Verified
Was on view · 101B Prints & Drawings
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Aug 19, 2026 — Sep 26, 2026 · Verified
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Albrecht Dürer
The whole life1505–1507
Friendship with Giovanni Bellini
Dürer considered Giovanni Bellini “the best in painting”, the only Venetian master with whom he became friends. The Madonna of the Siskin may have been painted at Bellini's request.
1505–1507
To Bologna for the secrets of perspective
Dürer travelled to the university city of Bologna, hoping to learn the secrets of geometric perspective from its scholars. He then meant to visit Mantegna in Padua but received news of his death, which he greatly regretted afterwards.
1505–1507 · Workplace
Venice
1507
Leaving Venice: “Here I am a gentleman”
Dürer left Italy, apparently reluctantly: in one of his last letters to Pirckheimer he remarked, “Here I am a gentleman, while at home I am only a parasite.”
1511
Publishes the Great Passion and the Life of the Virgin
Dürer published two woodcut series as books, the Great Passion and the Life of the Virgin, with a second edition of the Apocalypse and the 37 woodcuts of the Little Passion. His post-Venetian woodcuts developed chiaroscuro modelling.
1512
Emperor Maximilian I becomes his chief patron
From 1512 Emperor Maximilian I was Dürer's chief patron. For him Dürer and his workshop produced the Triumphal Arch, a giant woodcut 295 × 357 cm printed from 192 blocks and modelled on the triumphal arches of ancient Rome.
![Madonna and Child [obverse], Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496/1499](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/878db7e6-10ae-4cae-ba5d-6d6f5c413ae8/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Lot and His Daughters [reverse], Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496/1499](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7565a449-f82a-414b-9bda-c93f55a51b4d/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
