Coat of Arms with a Lion and a Cock

1502/1503

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a heraldic crest featuring a rooster and a lion. The drawing presents a detailed depiction of a crest with a rooster at the top, standing on a helmet, and a lion rampant on a shield below. Surrounding the main elements are elaborate flourishes and scrollwork. The drawing displays meticulous lines and shading, creating depth and texture typical of detailed heraldic designs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 18.5 × 12 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 97, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1926 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 28, repro.

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

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. 1: no. 35.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom right: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: C.15043; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: N [underlined] / 04; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 100; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 2/I/S [?] [upside down?]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: Coat of arms with [?]; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 35/Z [?]; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 8 [?] [crossed out]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.100; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: K 5796; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B-15, 219 [upside down]

Wikidata ID

Q18338515

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