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Lamentation over Christ

Print
1507 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Durer (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 'Lamentation over Christ'; 1507, Nuremberg. Plate 12 from 'The Engraved Passion'. Date and artist's monogram inscribed at bottom left. Christ's body has been taken down from the cross and Mary, John and Mary Magdalene mourn over him.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleLamentation over Christ (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
The descent from the Cross; plate from 'The Engraved Passion' by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528); engraving
Physical description
Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 'Lamentation over Christ'; 1507, Nuremberg. Plate 12 from 'The Engraved Passion'. Date and artist's monogram inscribed at bottom left. Christ's body has been taken down from the cross and Mary, John and Mary Magdalene mourn over him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.8cm
  • Width: 7.4cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
'1507 / AD' (Date and artist's monogram inscribed at bottom left)
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Historical context
Plate 12 from 'The Engraved Passion'.

'This is the earliest sheet of the Engraved Passion series, executed shortly after the artist's return from his second journey to Italy.'

Strauss, Walter L., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch 10 (Commentary): Sixteenth Century German Artists, Albrecht Dürer. New York: Abaris Books, 1980. p.48.
Subjects depicted
Cross
Jesus
Virgin Mary
The Passion
Deposition From the Cross
Associated objects
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. 14, pp.48-50.
  • Heller, Joseph. Das Leben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer. Bamberg: 1827. Vols. 2 & 3 (vol. 1 was not published). 358.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. 14.
  • Dodgson, C. The Masters of Engraving and Etching: Albrecht Dürer, London and Boston, 1926. 45.
  • 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. 351.
  • Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Volume I, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955 (4th edn). Volume II, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945 (2nd edn). 121.
  • Strauss, W.L. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer . New York, 1977. 47.
  • Bartrum, Giulia. Albrech Dürer and his Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist. London British Museum, 2002, p 150
  • Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1910, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1911
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1910, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1911
Other number
B.14 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4645-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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