The Betrayal of Christ, 1510

Not on View

series Title

The Large Passion

Medium

woodcut on laid paper

Dimensions

image/block: 39.7 × 28.2 cm (15 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

sheet: 40.3 × 29 cm (15 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

Catalogue Raisonné

Meder, no. 116

Accession Number

1941.1.24

Artists / Makers

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Image Use

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Inscription

in block, within image at upper left: 1510; in block, within image at lower left: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B-24 [upside down]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 17 [upside down]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: C-3526; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: C.2255; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: P17782

Provenance

Wiliam Goodwin Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Allen, W.G. Russell, Mr.

Exhibition History

1970: Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 42A.

1971: Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 125, repro.

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. 116.

2001: Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 157.