Christ on the Mount of Olives

probably c. 1509/1510

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 12.7 × 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 13.6 × 10.8 cm (5 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3670

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 162

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; 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. 162.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 223.

Inscriptions

in block, bottom right: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, upper center, in color pencil by a later hand: 210; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: CD. 60; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 54; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: C 18572; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 2; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 26; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 46

Wikidata ID

Q18339648

You may be interested in

Loading Results