The Betrothal of Maximilian with Mary of Burgundy

1515

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows two figures standing facing each other. The person on the left has hands on hips, wearing armor, a cape, and a crown with flowing hair. The individual on the right wears a robe with sleeves, folds, and a crown, with a turned face. Both are depicted in detail, against a backdrop of a tapestry and arch. The floor has large checkered tiles. Both individuals are engaged in an interaction involving a shield with heraldic icons, indicating their high status and likely ceremonial setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 17.2 × 14.2 cm (6 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.3 × 15.9 cm (7 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.106.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 251

  • Series Title

    The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johann Andreas Boerner [1785-1862], Nuremberg (Lugt 270); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd.); purchased by NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

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: 251.

2001

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

Inscriptions

verso, lower center, in brown ink by a later hand: J. A. Boerner; verso, lower left, in brown ink by a later hand: 2 / 1n. Stock [?], [inscription in German]; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: 3960

Watermarks

wide three-pointed mountain (Meder 155)

Wikidata ID

Q18339725

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