Christ on the Mount of Olives

c. 1497/1499

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows four people in historical attire situated in rocky terrain with foliage. In the foreground, one man kneels with his eyes facing upwards, while an angel with wings and a chalice leans over a rocky outcrop. Two other men are depicted: one sitting against a rock with his head on his hand and the other lying on the ground with curly hair spread around him. In the background is a group of people near water, under a cloudy sky. The landscape includes hills and a structure resembling a bridge or scaffolding.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.1 × 29.5 cm (16 9/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
    image/block: 39.3 × 28.1 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3616

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 115

  • Series Title

    The Large Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 124, 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: no. 115.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 156.

Inscriptions

in block, bottom center: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, top left corner, in graphite by a later hand: 6; verso, top left corner, in red pencil by a later hand: 161; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B6; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 6

Watermarks

Name of Mary (Meder 316) [?]

Wikidata ID

Q18338550

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