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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,2.221
Description
The Holy Trinity, with the dead Christ being supported by God the Father in Heaven, crowned by the Holy Spirit, surrounded by angels holding the instruments of the passion; underneath the four winds blowing. 1511 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1511
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
398 millimetres
Width:
286 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Watermark: lion in shield with initials VB (Meder 202).
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(187.i)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.141.122)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(I.303.116)
(cf)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(II.231)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
trinity
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
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,2.221
Conservation
Treatment
: 28 Nov 2013