The Holy Family with the Three Hares

c. 1497/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a woman holding a child in her lap, while a man stands beside them. The woman has long, wavy hair under a headdress. The child appears to be reaching out playfully, with curly hair. The man has a long beard and is dressed in robes. Both the woman and the man wear detailed garments. Two angels fly above, holding a crown. The background shows hills, trees, a castle, and rabbits on the ground. Various plants surround the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 38.6 × 27.8 cm (15 3/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 212

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fürstenberg Collection, Donaueschingen, Germany (Lugt 995). (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1945; gift to NGA, 1945.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Drawings and Prints by Albrecht Dürer, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1955.

1967

  • Mother and Child, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, 1967, no. 45.

1971

  • Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 36a, repro.

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. 108.

Watermarks

large imperial orb (Meder 53)

Wikidata ID

Q3944478

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