Hercules at the Crossroad
1498/1499
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 32.5 × 22.3 cm (12 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3482
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 63, state II/II
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Wilhelm Koller [d. 1871], Vienna (Lugt 2632); Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest (duplicate: Lugt 312b); Louis Godefroy [1885-1934], Paris (Lugt 2971a); (Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, sale 41, May 6-8, 1929, no. 244); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1929
Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 58.
1970
Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 11A.
1971
Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 14, repro.
1999
"Fate, Fortune, Nemesis: Albrecht Durer at the Century's End", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, 1999.
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. 63.
2001
Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 22.
Inscriptions
in plate, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 19 [?]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 19003 [upside down]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: EE638; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand:8[0?] [sideways]; verso, lower right corner, in graphite by a later hand: 163[3?]; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: Les Effets de la jalousie [the effects of jealousy]
Watermarks
high crown (Meder 20)
Wikidata ID
Q64952620