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Sol Justitiae; The Judge

Print
ca.1499 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Durer (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, Sol Justitiae; The Judge. Ca.1499, German. Inscribed with artist's monogram at bottom middle. Jesus Christ depicted as the Sun of Righteousness with a blazing face, seated on the back of a lion, and bearing a sword in one hand and scales in the other.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleSol Justitiae; The Judge (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, Sol Justitiae; The Judge. Ca.1499, German. Inscribed with artist's monogram at bottom middle.
Physical description
Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, Sol Justitiae; The Judge. Ca.1499, German. Inscribed with artist's monogram at bottom middle. Jesus Christ depicted as the Sun of Righteousness with a blazing face, seated on the back of a lion, and bearing a sword in one hand and scales in the other.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.6cm
  • Width: 7.1cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
'AD' (Artist's monogram at bottom middle)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Alice G.E. Carthew
Subjects depicted
Lions
Suns
Scales
Swords
Jesus Christ
Literary references
  • 'but unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise.' - Malachi
  • 'The Sun of Righteousness shall appear ablaze when he will judge mankind on the day of doom, and he shall be burning and grim...so Christ shall appear as a fierce and lion-like man in the heat of Judgement and shall wither the sinners.' Bechorius's <u>Repertorium Morale</u>
Bibliographic references
  • Strauss, Walter L., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch 10 (Commentary): Sixteenth Century German Artists, Albrecht Dürer. New York: Abaris Books, 1980. 328 p., ill. ISBN 089835000X. No.79, pp.177-179.
  • Heller, Joseph. Das Leben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer. Bamberg: 1827. Vols. 2 & 3 (vol. 1 was not published). 826.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. 73.
  • Dodgson, C. The Masters of Engraving and Etching: Albrecht Dürer, London and Boston, 1926. 31.
  • Tietze, Hans and Erika Tietze-Conrat. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. Vol. 1, Augsburg 1928; vol.2, Basel and Leipzig 1937; vol.3, Basel and Leipzig, 1938. 178.
  • Panofsky, Erwin. Albrecht Dürer. Princeton 1943. (Addenda in the editions of 1945 and 1948). 186.
  • Strauss, W.L. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer . New York, 1977. 25.
Other number
B.79 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.634-1940

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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