The Death of the Virgin

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a print of an interior scene with people gathered around a bed. At the center of the image, a person with long hair rests on the canopy bed, their body covered in fabric. Gathered around the bed are several people kneeling or standing, almost all facing the bed. Some others speak together or pray. On person holds up a tall, thin cross. The room is detailed, with architectural elements such as arches, a low staircase, and a high domed ceiling.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 29 × 20.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3629

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 205

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clendenin J. Ryan, Sr. [1881-1939], New York; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1940, no. 105); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 41B.

1975

  • The Inspired Copy: Artists Look at Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975, no. 10, repro.

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

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. 183.

2009

  • Gariff, David, Eric Denker, and Dennis P. Weller. The World's Most Influential Painters and the Artists They Inspired. Hauppauge, NY, 2009: 36, repro.

Watermarks

high crown (Meder 20)

Wikidata ID

Q18338576

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