The Holy Family on a Grassy Bench

1526

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image features various figures in a scene. In the center, a woman holds an infant on her lap. The woman is depicted in a frontal position with a serene expression. She is adorned in a textured robe and has a halo above her head. To her right, an older woman holds a basket of fruit. Another woman is on the left, partially obscured. A child is seated in the foreground, and the background includes clouds and textured terrain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 14.6 × 11.3 cm (5 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 217

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antoine Vivenel [1799 - 1862], Compiègne and Paris (Lugt 190); Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, [1805 - 1865], Klein-Oels, Silesia (Lugt 2669); (sale, C.G. Boerner, May 2-3, 1932, no. 393); (Richard Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1945; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

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: no. 217.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. A23.

Inscriptions

in block, lower left, on ground: 1526 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 98; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: G N ut [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: [illegible]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 13 [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 18 [?]

Watermarks

circle and star (Meder 258a)

Wikidata ID

Q18339734

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