The Third Knot (with a black circle on a white medallion)

probably 1506/1507

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a circular design made of swirling lines and symmetrical lattices radiating from a central point. The pattern features interwoven loops and knots resembling flower petals, enclosed within a frame with leaf and vine embellishments. The composition resembles a mandala, drawing connections to floral arrangements and Celtic knots.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 26.9 × 21.2 cm (10 9/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 22 cm (11 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3606

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 276

  • Series Title

    Six Knots

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

British Museum, London (Lugt 301 and Lugt 305, duplicate). (Richard Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1940; 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. 144.

Watermarks

fragment of a cardinal's hat

Wikidata ID

Q18339665

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