The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall

1514

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/plate: 14.5 × 10.1 cm (5 11/16 × 4 in.)
    sheet: 15.4 × 10.8 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3521

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

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.

2001

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

Inscriptions

in plate, right edge, on wall: 1514 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.40; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: 73

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338471

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