The Sudarium Held by Two Angels

1513

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts two full-length figures of winged beings positioned on either side of a central head held between them on a cloth. The angels are shown in a hovering or floating position, with their draped garments billowing around them. Their facial features are delicately detailed, with both angels having curly hair that frames their expressions. They are dressed in elaborate robes with folds and textures. The central head they hold on a cloth displays strong facial features with a beard and an intense gaze. The background has minimal detail, emphasizing the figures. Below the scene, there is a small area with a date and a monogram, indicating the creation year "1513" and the artist's signature.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 9.9 × 13.9 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3520

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (two 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. 33.

1968

  • Good and Bad Angels, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1968, no catalogue.

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. 68.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom center: 1513 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.25; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: Das Schweisstuch [?] von zwei Engeln gehalten

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338466

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