The Crucifixion

c. 1497/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a crucifixion scene with surrounding figures and celestial imagery. The composition depicts a central figure on a cross, flanked by angelic beings holding cups. Below, several figures are gathered, adorned in garments. In the background, there are celestial elements like the sun and the moon. The landscape includes a bridge and distant structures. This work captures the moment depicted with intricate detailing and symbolic elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 38.8 × 28 cm (15 1/4 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 41.1 × 29.2 cm (16 3/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3621

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 120

  • 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. 129, 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. 161.

Inscriptions

verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: 11; upper left, in red crayon by a later hand: 166; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B 11; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: 11

Watermarks

imperial orb (Meder 53)

Wikidata ID

Q18338555

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