Christ on the Mount of Olives

c. 1497/1499

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing depicting several figures in a rocky landscape. The central figure is kneeling near rocks, with hands clasped in prayer. An angelic figure above offers a cup, with detailed wings. Other figures rest in robes nearby. In the background, a city with a domed building and a body of water with a wooden causeway. The surrounding landscape is detailed with trees and plants. The style is reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 39 × 28.2 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3568

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 115

  • Series Title

    The Large Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Cayuga Museum of History and Art, Auburn, NY, 1946, no cat.

1955

  • Art of the Medieval Period, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1955, no catalogue.

1962

  • Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, 1962, no cat.

1971

  • Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 29a, 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: no. 115.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 156.

Inscriptions

in block, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 140 [underlined]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: C.16896; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B.6.: 213: Reichsapfel

Watermarks

Large imperial orb (Meder 53)

Wikidata ID

Q18338550

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