The Sixth Knot (combining seven small systems of knots with black centers)

probably 1506/1507

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts a large circular design with intricate loops and swirling lines creating an abstract pattern. The intertwining lines within the circle resemble a labyrinth or a spider's web. Floral-like shapes in the corners of the image enhance the organic feeling, resembling leaves and vines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 26.9 × 20.9 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 21.8 cm (10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3605

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 279

  • Series Title

    Six Knots

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Anton Cornill-d'Orville [1790-1875], Frankfurt (Lugt 529). (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 119, repro.

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. 147.

Wikidata ID

Q18339668

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