Christ on the Cross with Mary and Saint John

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a crucifixion scene with accompanying text. The artwork features a central depiction of a crucifix, with the figure of Jesus Christ on the cross, flanked by two figures on either side. The illustration is complemented by columns of text in Gothic script below. The image is rendered in a detailed woodcut style, with intricate lines depicting the figures and foliage in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 12 × 9.6 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 47 × 15.3 cm (18 1/2 × 6 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.62

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 181

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ralf Leopold von Retberg [1812-1885], Munich (Lugt 2822 in blue and black ink). Wilhelm August Ackermann [1793-1865], Lubeck and Dresden (Lugt 791). Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773). (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d), 1947; gift to NGA, 1948.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

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

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. 148.

Inscriptions

verso, top right, in black ink: H 1632; center left, above Lanna collector's mark, in graphite by a hand: 7552; lower center, in graphite by a later hand: Auction Ralph v. Ratberg / 16i [?]; bottom edge, in graphite by later hands: 3281 / M79 / B. 55. / 14

Watermarks

high crown (Meder 20)

Wikidata ID

Q18339647

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