The Lamentation

c. 1498/1499

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a group of individuals gathered closely around a reclining figure, who is a bearded man lying down with his body mostly exposed. The central figure is surrounded by others who are standing or kneeling, dressed in historical or biblical attire. The scene is set in a detailed natural landscape with trees, rocky outcrops, a path through hills, and a small settlement in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 38.9 × 28.2 cm (15 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 41.5 × 29.4 cm (16 5/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3622

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 122

  • 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

1970

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: A Study Exhibition of Print Connoisseurship, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-1971, no. 37A.

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. 162.

Inscriptions

verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: 12; upper left, in red crayon by a later hand: 168; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: B 13; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: 13

Watermarks

imperial orb (Meder 53)

Wikidata ID

Q18338556

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