Saint Leonard

c. 1500

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts a person standing in a stylized woodcut print style. The person is slightly leaning to one side and appears to hold a book in one hand. They have a serene expression, with sparse hair on top and wear a long robe. In the other hand, they hold a scroll. A halo surrounds their head. In the background, there are distant mountains and a large church or monastery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 6.4 × 4.3 cm (2 1/2 × 1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1969.3.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Book Illustration, 23, p. 254, no. 80

  • Series Title

    Salus anime

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by NGA, 1969.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 112, repro.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1971

  • Meder [1932] 1971, p. 280-281, XVI 1.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 3: no. 37.37.

Wikidata ID

Q18339716

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