Saint Simon

1523

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This image shows an illustration of a man standing with his body facing slightly to the right and his head turned to the left. He has a long beard, is bald on top, and has long hair at the sides and back. The man has a serious expression, deep-set eyes, prominent cheekbones, and is dressed in a robe with a mantle draped over his shoulders, detailed with linear patterns. He is holding a large sword with a serrated edge in both hands in front of his body. The background is plain with a date, "1523," and a monogram in the lower right corner of the image. The illustration is in monochrome.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 11.8 × 7.6 cm (4 5/8 × 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3549

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto von der Malsburg [1786-1824], Dresden; (Schloss E auction, Hollstein and Puppel, May 6-8, 1929, lot 239); 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. 29.

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. 95.

Inscriptions

in plate, lower right: 1523 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 55 [upside down]; verso, lower left, in brown ink by a later hand: D. AG 1825 [or 1865?] / sf [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 41 [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 239

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64952685

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