The Fourth Knot (combining seven circular groups of knots with black centers)

probably 1506/1507

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts a large circle with intricate swirling lines forming an abstract pattern. The designs resemble floral motifs or woven baskets, creating an ornate mandala. Stylized leaf-shaped motifs are in each corner, filled with intertwining linework. The design is bordered by a rectangular outline.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 26.8 × 21 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3602

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 277

  • Series Title

    Six Knots

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Richard Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1940; 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. 2: no. 145.

Wikidata ID

Q18339666

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