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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3622

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 122

Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q18338556

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