Saint Sebastian Bound to the Tree

1500/1501

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a man tied to a tree with his arms raised above his head and bound with rope. He has curly hair, a beard, a neutral facial expression, and a muscular body. He is pierced by several arrows in various parts of his body. He wears a cloth around his waist and there are no other visible objects on him. The background is minimalistic, with a tree trunk and a small grass patch at the base. The illustration is monochrome.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.6 x 7.2 cm (4 9/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3477

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 62

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

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 18.

1999

  • Fate, Fortune, Nemesis: Albrecht Durer at the Century's End, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1999.

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. 1: no. 30.

Inscriptions

in plate, lower right, on sheet on tree branch: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B55; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: C.17541; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: 30 [upside down]

Markings

none

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q18338513

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