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The Dream of the Doctor

c. 1500

Wenzel von Olmutz, after Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names

Wenzel von Olmutz

Artist, German, active 1481/1497

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing featuring three figures. One figure is a standing nude with long hair and a draped cloth, another is a seated figure appearing meditative, and a small winged figure at the bottom is using a compass on a spherical object. The setting includes architectural elements and detailed background textures, along with mythological or allegorical storytelling elements in the composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving on laid paper, laid down on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Dimensions

plate: 18.9 × 11.7 cm (7 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 19.4 × 12.5 cm (7 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.) (cut to platemark)
Accession Number

2013.135.8
Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs 1908 - 1934, no. 69

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Beverly and Christopher With, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

With, Christopher

Bibliography

1802

Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 49.

1908

Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934: no. 69

Wikidata ID

Q77005881

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