The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a religious scene. The full-description shows a heavenly depiction with a crowned female figure seated on a cloud, surrounded by two crowned figures holding a crown above her head. A dove is positioned above them, radiating light. The figures are encased within an elaborate border of clouds, flanked by cherub faces. Beneath this heavenly scene, a group of robed figures are engaging in various gestures, some in prayer and others holding religious artifacts, standing around what seems to be a sarcophagus or altar below. The artwork's line work and detailing are characteristic of woodcut or engraving styles common in religious artworks, reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer's style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 29.6 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3630

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 206

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727). 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

1986

  • Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer: An Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Atlanta, GA, 1986, no. 32B.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 44, repro.

2014

  • Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, 2014-2015.

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.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.44.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 184.

Wikidata ID

Q18338577

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