Christ on the Mount of Olives

1508

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing depicting a scene with a winged figure holding a cross above a kneeling figure, while others rest on the ground. The central figure has arms extended towards the sky, looking up at the winged figure holding a cross angled downwards. Surrounding figures are reclining and appear to be sleeping or resting, with their heads supported by their hands or on the ground. The background shows an undulating landscape with distant trees and a built structure. The drawing features intricate textures and flowing lines typical of early Renaissance engraving styles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 11.4 × 7.2 cm (4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3499

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 4

  • Series Title

    The Engraved Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brentano-Birckenstock Collection, Vienna and Frankfurt (Lugt 345); Arthur Friederich Theodor Bohnenberger [1826-1893], Stuttgart (Lugt 68); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 2.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 80.

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. 4.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1, no. 46.

Inscriptions

recto, lower right, in plate: 1508 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, center, in graphite by a later hand: [illegible; sideways]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 20 [upside down]; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B.4; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: NR 25146

Markings

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Watermarks

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