The Resurrection

1512

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a person standing on a rectangular stone slab, with one foot on the ground and the other slightly elevated on the slab. The person has long hair and a beard, strong facial features with prominent cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and a solemn expression. They are unclothed except for a draped cloth around their lower body, holding a staff with a cross in their right hand. Beams of light radiate from their head, creating a halo effect. Surrounding them are several armored soldiers in various positions. The background includes hills, a building, and two tiny figures walking along a path. An engraved design at the bottom right corner indicates the year 1512.

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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

    1943.3.3512

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 17

  • 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.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 54, 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.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 59.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom right: 1512 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 7 [upside down]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: NR [?] 25146; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B.17

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338465

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