The Visitation

c. 1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of an outdoor scene with mountains in the background. The foreground shows an engagement at the entrance of a building, with figures positioned around the arched doorway. There are figures outside interacting, and a dog is laying on the ground near them. The background features hills, a castle, and mountain peaks under a cloudy sky, surrounded by trees to the right. The style is reminiscent of German Renaissance woodcuts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3582

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 196

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arkady Alferoff [1811-1872], Bonn (Lugt 1727). Clendenin J. Ryan, Sr. [1881-1939], New York; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1940, no. 105); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d); 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. 174.

Wikidata ID

Q7936304

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