Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate

1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of an architectural setting with figures and landscape. The artwork shows an interior scene framed by an archway. Inside, there is a group of figures. The architecture includes arched openings and brickwork. A landscape with hills, trees, and distant structures is visible beyond the walls. The design features detailed textures and patterns, particularly in the clothing of the figures and decorative borders.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 29.4 × 20.6 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3575

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 191

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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. 169.

Watermarks

bull's head

Wikidata ID

Q4127688

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