Joachim and the Angel

c. 1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing depicting a winged figure descending among trees. Below, there is a kneeling figure, and another person standing with open arms. In the background, a shepherd tends to a flock of sheep on a hillside overlooking the sea and a distant town or fortress. A dog is calmly lying in the lower left corner of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 29.8 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 190

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wilhelm August Ackermann [1793-1865], Lubeck and Dresden (Lugt 791). 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. 2: no. 168.

Markings

recto: none; verso: Vincent Mayer (Lugt 2525); Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)

Watermarks

high crown

Wikidata ID

Q18338562

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