The Adoration of the Lamb

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts multiple figures surrounding a central lamb. The drawing is highly detailed, featuring various figures gathered around a radiant circular motif containing the lamb. Around the lamb are different creatures and numerous figures. Some figures are crowned, while others hold palm fronds. In the lower segment, there are figures on clouds, suggesting a spiritual atmosphere. The drawing is rich in linework and symbolism, typical of intricate religious iconography from medieval or renaissance engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip Hofer

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 39.6 × 28.5 cm (15 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.3.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 176

  • Series Title

    The Apocalypse

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 17 (catalogue erroneously lists an impression from the Rosenwald Collection).

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. 124.

Inscriptions

verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B-290

Markings

verso, bottom center: NGA stamp

Wikidata ID

Q18338539

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