Christ on the Cross with Mary and Saint John

1510

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.9 × 9.8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 13.2 × 11.1 cm (5 3/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3610

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 181

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; 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: no. 181.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 148.

Inscriptions

in block, bottom center, on tablet at foot of cross: 1510; verso, top left, in red color pencil by a later hand: 211; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: CD 97a; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: C. 185[2?]3; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 26 [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 3; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 65; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B 55

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18339647

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