Christ in Limbo

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of figures interacting in an architectural setting. The central figure is bent over, reaching a hand towards another figure. Beside them are various muscular figures, including nude forms and possible winged creatures, under a large arch. Above them are fantastical beings with sharp features. The style features detailed etching and shading, creating high contrast for depth and intensity. The drawing is in the style of Albrecht Dürer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 39.4 × 28.3 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 39.5 × 28.4 cm (15 9/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3627

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 121

  • Series Title

    The Large Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 43B.

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. 164.

Inscriptions

verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: 304; lower center, in graphite by a later hand: C.11233; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B.14. 1 ere epre 14.6-10.2; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 538

Watermarks

name of Mary (Meder 316)

Wikidata ID

Q18338558

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