Joachim's Offering Rejected

c. 1504/1505

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of people gathered around a table in a richly decorated room. The scene includes numerous figures standing and sitting around a large table under a large stone archway and an ornate chandelier. The figures are engaged in various activities, some holding objects and others reading a book. The setting is framed by large draped curtains, and the stone walls show signs of age and texture. The lines and shading in the drawing provide texture and depth to the figures, architecture, and textiles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 29.5 × 21 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.7 × 21.3 cm (11 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 189

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

August Artaria [1807-1893], Vienna (Lugt 33). Vincent Mayer [1831-1918], New York (Lugt 2525). Wiliam Goodwin Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to NGA, 1941.

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.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. : no.167.

Watermarks

bull's head (Meder 62)

Wikidata ID

Q18338561

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