Saint Eustace

c. 1500/1501

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a hunter, his horse, and several dogs in a forest landscape. The image shows an outdoor scene where a hunter kneels in front of a horse surrounded by dogs. In the background, there is a dense forest with tall trees, some with leaves and some bare. Nearby, a deer with large antlers stands amidst the trees, gazing towards the foreground. In the distance, a castle is perched atop a rocky hill enveloped by trees. The artwork features intricate lines and detailed textures common in works from the Renaissance period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert Rosenwald

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 35.4 x 26 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.15.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 60

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

unidentified collector (stamped EK); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1928; by descent to Robert Rosenwald [1920-2006], Illinois/Pennsylvania; gift to NGA, 1971.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 41.

1943

  • Selections from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943-1944, pp. 26-27, repro.

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 9, repro.

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

1997

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

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 32.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom center, in sheet: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 57; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 3856; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: [illegible]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: [2?]88 [underlined / [8?] [illegible/erased]; verso, lower right, in ink by a later hand: n [?] [o?] [o?] [Z?] [erased]; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: B-25, 613

Markings

verso, stamp on bottom center in black: EK [encircled]; NGA stamp (not Rosenwald)

Watermarks

bull's head (Meder 62)

Wikidata ID

Q3948861

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