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Object Type
print
Museum number
E,2.55
Title
Series:
The Engraved Passion
Description
One from a series of 16 engravings; Entombment, with three men lowering Christ's body into a stone grave. 1512 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Albrecht Dürer
School/style
German
Production date
1512
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
117 millimetres
Width:
74 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Dürer and his Legacy, exh.cat. BM 2002-3, no.215d.
Bibliographic references
Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog
(15.a)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.38.15)
Dodgson 1926 / Albrecht Dürer
(62)
Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations
(I.57)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1971 BM, Dürer, no.150
Subjects
entombment
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
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,2.55
Conservation
Treatment
: 05 Aug 2003