The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree
1511
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528
Albrecht Dürer
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on laid paper
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Credit Line
Print Purchase Fund (Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Rosenwald Collection)
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to block): 23.6 x 16 cm (9 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1974.105.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 215
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Paul Davidsohn, [1839-1924], London, Vienna, and Berlin (Lugt 654); Dr. Otto Albrecht Weigmann [1873-1940], Munich; (C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf); purchased by NGA, 1974.
Associated Names
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: no. 215.
2001
Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 226.
Inscriptions
in block, top left: 1511 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B. 96; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 12 [illegible] [obscured by old hinge]
Watermarks
none visible
Wikidata ID
Q18339736