Christ among the Doctors

c. 1503/1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a print showing the interior of a grand hall filled with several people. The print features intricate architectural designs, including arched ceilings and columns. In the center, there are several tiered platforms; at the top platform is a person seated behind a podium facing a crowd of listeners. Surrounding the central person are others engaged in various activities, discussing with each other or sitting and listening attentively. More people sit or stand around the edges of the room. They wear various types of clothing made of draped fabric. Garlands hang from the tall domed roof above the space, and there's a round cutout in the far wall. The print is monochromatic, with dark lines on white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3590

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 203


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 150, repro.

  • Christmas Print Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, 1971-1972, no catalogue.

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. 181.

Wikidata ID

Q18338574

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