The Man of Sorrows Mocked by a Soldier

probably 1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows two individuals. The person on the right is seated from the upper body to the knees, with hands clasped in front of their chest. They have a muscular build, a prominent nose, full beard, curly hair, and wear a crown of thorns. They are draped with a cloth around their waist and thighs. The person on the left is depicted from the waist up, kneeling. They have a short, full beard, curly hair, and wear a garment with padded sleeves. They hold a slender staff in their right hand. The background has bold linear engravings indicating clouds at the bottom and expressive lines around the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32 × 23.2 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3614

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 113

  • Series Title

    The Large Passion: Title page

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); 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. 113.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 154.

Inscriptions

verso, upper left corner, in red pencil by a later hand: 159; verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: 4; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 4; verso, lower right, in ink by a later hand: 1661 / GA [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 4; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 10

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q18338548

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