Pyramus and Thisbe

1518

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing of an armored figure assisting another figure lying on the ground in an outdoor setting. The background includes detailed foliage and possibly a wooden structure or wall. The armored figure is depicted with intricate armor, and the scene is richly textured with dense hatching. The style resembles that of Albrecht Dürer, known for detailed woodcuts and engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 12.2 × 10 cm (4 13/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.377

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 76

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA , 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 118, repro.

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 22.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.118.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 76.

Wikidata ID

Q64952510

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