Printed text for "The Betrothal of Philip the Fair with Joan of Castile"

1515

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a photograph of a piece of old printed text. The image features a small section of a printed page with German text written in an ornate blackletter font. The text is framed on the left and bottom by decorative lines and swirls. The number "13" appears at the top left corner of the image. The background is a light beige color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within block): 4.5 × 14.8 cm (1 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.695.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 251

Associated Artworks

The image is a black-and-white drawing portraying three full-body figures standing. The two figures on the left face slightly toward the right, while the figure on the right faces the others, holding a book-like object with both hands. The two figures on the left are crowned and wear lavish robes lined with fur and ornate patterns. They both hold scepters, and the man standing on the far left has long hair cascading under his crown. The person in the middle has long flowing hair. The figure on the right wears an ornately patterned robe and a smaller crown, with short stylized hair visible beneath it. This figure's robe features intricate designs and heraldic emblems. Behind them is an elaborate backdrop of patterned drapery. The floor consists of a tiled surface, with a section of the wall and a column visible on the right. The background includes an arched window casting light onto the scene.

The Betrothal of Philip the Fair with Joan of Castile

Albrecht Dürer

1515

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1962; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • "The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

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. 251.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 238.

Inscriptions

in black ink by a later hand, upper left: 13; in block, center: [inscription in German]; verso, left, in graphite by a later hand: No 2

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65506571

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