The Holy Family with Two Music-Making Angels

1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a group of figures gathered outdoors beneath large trees. A seated woman cradles an infant in her arms, her head adorned with a headdress. Another seated woman wraps a cloth around a baby. Surrounding them are men with long beards and detailed facial features, dressed in flowing robes topped with hats or hoods. One of the men on the left carries a pitcher, a sword at his side. Small cherubic figures are seated close to the central women, with one holding a book. The background shows a serene, rural setting with rolling hills and grazing sheep in the distance, with the trees framing the scene. The engraved year "1511" appears at the top of the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 21.2 × 21.4 cm (8 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3678

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 216


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand Karl von Lepell [1755-1826], (Lugt 1672). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (duplicate, Lugt 1606 and Lugt 2398). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; 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.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 227.

Watermarks

bear (Meder 89)

Wikidata ID

Q18339740

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