The Entombment, 1504

Not on View

Medium

pen and gray ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 29.2 x 21 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Syma Busiel Fund

Accession Number

1972.13.1

Artists / Makers

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Image Use

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Inscription

center on the lid of the tomb: 1504 / AD (in monogram); inscribed by artist upper left: Durchtzeichet; false monogram added to the right of the inscription

Provenance

(De Botten Associates, Zurich); purchased by NGA, 1972.

Associated Names

Botton Associates, De

Exhibition History

1974: NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 4.

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 21.

1979: Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 7.

1984: German Drawings from a Private Collection. The British Museum, London and tour (Washington only), hors de catalogue.

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2013: Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 (exhibited hors catalogue; mentioned pp. 149, 156, under nos. 43-46, 47, repr. p. 154 in color [entry by Heinz Widauer]).

2019: Albrecht Dürer, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2019-2020, no. 161, repro.

Bibliography

1973: White, Christopher. "An Oriental Ruler on His Throne and The Entombment: Two New Drawings by Albrecht Dürer." Master Drawings 11:4 (1973), 365-74.

1974: Strauss, Walter L. The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer. 6 volumes. New York, 1974: II, no. 1504/45.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 661, no. 1039, color repro.

2013: Robison, Andrew. "The Drawings of Albrecht Dürer." In exh. cat. Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013: 35-36, repr. p. 154 (color).