The Revenge of the Sorcerer Virgil

c. 1520/1530

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image shows two figures - one seated and one standing beside them. The seated person is positioned on an architectural platform, facing left with one knee bent and the other leg slanted downward. They have delicate features, long flowing hair/headwear, and hold a staff. The standing figure looks up towards the seated person with curly hair. The setting includes a patterned pedestal, textures, and an object resembling a lantern in the foreground. The artwork is richly detailed, likely engraved or etched.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 7.7 × 4.6 cm (3 1/16 × 1 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.420

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 50, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 155, a or d.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 50, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952556

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