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Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a group gathering in a landscape setting with a text in an illustrative woodcut style. The left side of the page features an intricate black and white illustration of an outdoor scene with a robed figure seated on a stone wall, gesturing towards two other figures who are seated and listening intently. A tree and a hillside complete the background. On the right side, there is a block of printed text in a structured format with clear, bold lettering that appears to convey a continuous narrative or reflections.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut and letterpress text on two sheets of laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 12.7 × 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet (with image and letterpress text): 22.5 × 17.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet (with letterpress text): 23.5 × 17.4 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3609

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 267

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Drawings and Prints by Albrecht Dürer, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1955.

1960

  • Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya: Exhibition of Fine Prints, Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, 1960-1961, no. 19.

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. 150.

Watermarks

bull's head and star (Meder 66) on sheet with only text

Wikidata ID

Q18339653

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