The Transfiguration

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing featuring a central figure surrounded by light rays. Additional figures in various positions are depicted around them. The central figure stands prominently emitting rays outward. It is positioned on a raised platform, and several other figures are shown around it in different poses. Two figures above appear somewhat merged within the radiant background, seemingly interacting with the central figure. The drawing is in a detailed, monochrome style emphasizing the characters and their postures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed irregularly to block): 7.2 × 4.6 cm (2 13/16 × 1 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.340

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 15

  • Series Title

    The Fall and Redemption of Man

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 40.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 15.

Wikidata ID

Q64952469

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