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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,2.213
Title
Series:
Large Passion
Description
Late impression of one illustration of the series; Christ is bearing the cross, walking on his knees and one hand, turning his head towards the left to St Veronica, who is holding a cloth; in the right foreground is a dog. c.1497-1500 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1497-1500
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
393 millimetres
Width:
284 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The series concists of 12 woodcuts and was first published in book form in Nuremberg in 1511. The woodcut is bound together with other late impressions of the Life of the Virgin, the Large Passion, and the Small Passion in an BM-album.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(119)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.117.10)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.274.18)
(cf)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.160)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
road to calvary
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
St Veronica
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Joseph Nollekens
Bequeathed through:
Francis Douce
Acquisition date
1834
Acquisition notes
Bequeathed by Joseph Nollekens, subject to a life interest to Francis Douce, 1834.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
E,2.213