Christ Nailed to the Cross

c. 1512

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing of a group of armored soldiers in a wooded landscape. The scene shows several figures clad in armor, with some holding weapons, set in a natural setting with a large tree dominating the left side of the composition. In the background, there are hills or mountains beneath a cloudy sky. The drawing uses lines and shading to create depth and structure in the figures and landscape. The brown paper adds to the drawing's textured appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and black ink, with gray wash and white heightening on brownish-pink prepared laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.5 x 13.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.116.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector, possibly Portuguese (not in Lugt). (Thomas Le Claire, and P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, Master Drawings 1500 - 1900, Catalog IX, New York, 1994, no. 1.

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

2000

  • "A selection of 2000 museum acquisitions," Apollo, December 2000, reprod. p. 18.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Luca di Leida

Wikidata ID

Q64534001

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