Joachim's Offering Rejected

c. 1504/1505

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a courtroom scene. The image shows a group of people in an enclosed architectural space with a vaulted ceiling and intricate brickwork. The figures are dressed in elaborate attire and stand around a large table covered with a cloth. Some individuals appear to be in positions of authority. A chandelier hangs low from the ceiling and a sword is mounted on the brick wall. The drawing emphasizes detail in clothing and architectural features.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 29.2 × 21 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3572

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 189

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 136, 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. 2: no. 167.

Watermarks

bull's head (Meder 62)

Wikidata ID

Q18338561

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