Christ on the Mount of Olives

1515

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (iron) on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 22.4 × 15.9 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3533

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, April 29, 1930, lot 307); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 1970-1971, no. 46A.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 66, repro.

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 10, 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. 80.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom center: 1515 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.19.D.32; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: KK902

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338525

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