The Entombment

1512

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a group of figures gathered around a central figure being lowered into a stone enclosure. The image features intricate linework and shading, showcasing a narrative scene. Several figures are depicted in various poses, wearing detailed garments. The composition centers around the central figure being lowered, with other figures around them. The expressions and gestures of the figures convey emotion and intention. The background includes cross-hatched areas suggesting a landscape with trees and a textured sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 11.8 × 7.5 cm (4 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3510

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 15

  • 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.

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. 1: no. 57.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom right, on base of tomb: 1512 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 9 [upside down]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: NR [?] 25146; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B.15

Markings

none

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q18338463

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