Calvary with the Three Crosses

c. 1504/1505

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image is a woodcut of a crucifixion scene. It shows three crosses with figures upon them against a detailed background of a landscape with a city and hills. In the foreground, various figures in different poses, some on horseback and others on foot, are gathered around the base of the crosses. The scene conveys a narrative through the expressions and gestures of the figures, using intricate line work typical of woodcut techniques. This is in the style of Albrecht Dürer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 21.4 × 14.5 cm (8 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3594

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 180

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collections of Veste Coburg, Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 451a); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 10, 1929, no. 394); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 49.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 107, 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. 131.

Inscriptions

in block, bottom center, on tablet: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B. 59 / D. 26; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 394 [encircled]

Watermarks

scales in circle (Meder 169)

Wikidata ID

Q18339703

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