The Entry into Jerusalem

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a print featuring a man on a donkey beneath an archway. The man has a beard, and his head is surrounded by rays of light. He is barefoot and he is holding the reigns of the donkey, which has long ears. Around this central man are more people holding what look like tall palm fronds. One person appears to be bowing down before the man on the donkey, placing cloth on the ground. The background features the stone archway, and on the right is a sky with stylized clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    block: 7.2 × 4.8 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 7.8 × 5.3 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.125

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 17

  • Series Title

    The Fall and Redemption of Man

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g). W.G. Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to the NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 42.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 17.

Wikidata ID

Q64952427

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