Christ on the Cross

1516

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a man crucified on a cross, a woman to the left and another man to the right. Above, there is a deity surrounded by clouds and angels, and the intricate border features floral patterns and smaller angelic figures. The background includes trees and a clear sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 27.9 × 22.5 cm (11 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3681

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 183

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. 3: no. 271.1

Inscriptions

verso, bottom center, in faded brown ink: AD; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: cadu [indecipherable] clair [indecipherable] / 45 x 37; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 15226

Watermarks

arms of Kaufbeuren (Meder 220a)

Wikidata ID

Q18339681

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