Christ on the Mount of Olives

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing of a figure kneeling in prayer with celestial imagery. The drawing shows a figure in long robes, kneeling in the foreground amidst rocky terrain. Several figures are resting or sleeping on the ground to the figure's right. Above the kneeling figure, in the upper left of the image, a cloud formation can be seen, within which an expressive face is depicted. In the background, there are detailed trees and a rising or setting moon. The lines are fine and intricate, typical of a woodcut or engraving.

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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

    1941.1.127

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 19

  • 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. 44.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 19.

Wikidata ID

Q64952429

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