The Trinity

1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of a celestial scene with figures among clouds, held aloft by angels. The figures are seated on clouds with a dove in the sky above them. Rays of light emanate from behind one of the central figures. Below, clouds are stylized with faces blowing winds. The composition is intricately detailed, with emphasis on the flowing garments and the serene expressions of the winged figures surrounding the central group.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 39.7 × 28.6 cm (15 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3674

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 187

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Franz von Hagens, [1817 - 1899], Dresden (Lugt 1052a). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Prints by Albrecht Dürer, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, 1960, no. 8.

1964

  • Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1964, no catalogue.

1965

  • Master Prints, William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 1965-1966.

1971

  • Prints by Albrecht Durer, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1971.

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. 231.

Watermarks

arms of Augsburg (Meder 178)

Wikidata ID

Q64952814

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