Saint Anthony Reading

1519

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a city with multiple towers and buildings, as seen from a raised perspective. In the foreground, a figure is sitting and reading, with a staff by their side. The city sprawls in intricate detail in the background, with towers and rooftops suggesting an old medieval town. The etching technique creates detailed lines, textures, and shadows. The monochromatic palette accentuates the details and gives the image a historical appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 10 × 14.4 cm (3 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3543

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 51

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hollstein and Puppel, Berlin, 6 November 1929, lot 386); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Prints by Albrecht Dürer, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, 1960, no. 33, repro.

1964

  • Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1964, no catalogue.

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 98, repro.

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 24A.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 70, 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. 87.

Inscriptions

in plate, lower left: 1519 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 4 [sideways]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.58:D.91; verso, lower right, in brown ink by a later hand: 7:1.; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 386-

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338529

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