Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony
1524
Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 19.2 x 12.7 cm (7 9/16 x 5 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3551
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Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, no. 102
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Lugt 103) [Alexander Danz, Liepzig?]; 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. 47.
1956
Life and Lives in the Renaissance, Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; and Columbia Museum of Art, SC, 1956, no. 33.
2000
The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.
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. 98.
Inscriptions
in plate, center right: AD [artist's monogram]; in plate, bottom, Latin inscription: CHRISTO. SACRVM. / ILLE. CEI VERBO. MAGNA PIETATE. FAVEBAT. / PERPETVA. DIGNVS. POSTERITATE. COLI. / D[OMINO]. FRID[E]R[ICO]. DVCI. SAXON[IAE]. S[ACRI]. R[OMANI]. IMP[ERII]. / ARCHIM[ARESCHALLO]. ELECTORI. / ALBERTVS DVRER. NVR[EMBERGENSIS]. FACIEBAT. / B[ENE]. M[ERENTI]. F[ECIT]. V[IVVS]. V[ICO]. / M. D. XXIIII. [Sacred to Christ. He favoured the word of God with great piety, worthy to be revered by posterity forever. Albrecht Dürer made this for Duke Frederick of Saxony, Arch-Marshal, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; B[ene] M[erenti] F[ecit] V[ivus] V[ivo] MDXXIIII]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.104; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: C.15382; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: J.3117; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: D1 [?] [erased]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: K6520; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 19 [upside down]
Markings
verso, bottom left, stamp in black: AD in cartouche, Lugt 103 (Alexander Danz b. 1880, Leipzig)
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64952687