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Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels

Print
1513 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Durer (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 'Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels'; 1513, Nuremberg. Inscribed with date and artist's monogram. Horizontal format print depicting two angels bearing between them a cloth emblazoned with a portrait of Jesus Christ wearing the crown of thorns, after the legend of St. Veronica.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleSudarium Displayed by Two Angels (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
The Holy Face by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528); engraving
Physical description
Engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 'Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels'; 1513, Nuremberg. Inscribed with date and artist's monogram. Horizontal format print depicting two angels bearing between them a cloth emblazoned with a portrait of Jesus Christ wearing the crown of thorns, after the legend of St. Veronica.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Width: 13.9cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
'1513 / AD' (Inscribed with date and artist's monogram bottom middle)
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Subjects depicted
Religion
Christianity
Sudarium
Angels
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. B.25, pp.70-72.
  • Bartrum, Guilia, ed. Albrecht Dürer and his Legacy - The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist / with contributions by Günter Grass, Joseph L. Koerner and Ute Kuhlemann. London: The British Museum Press, 2002. 320 p., ill. ISBN 0714126330. no.4, p.82.
  • Dodgson, C. The Masters of Engraving and Etching: Albrecht Dürer, London and Boston, 1926. 71.
  • Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Volume I, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955 (4th edn). p.150, no.132.
  • Hollstein, F.W.H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, c.1400-1700. Volume VII. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954-. 27.
  • Rowlands, J.K. The Graphic Work of Albrecht Dürer: An Exhibition of his Prints and Drawings in Commemmoration of the Quincentenary of his Birth. London: British Museum, 1971. Exhibition catalogue. 81.
  • Koerner, J.L. The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art. Chicago and London, 1993. 94 f.
  • Heller, Joseph. Das Leben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer. Bamberg: 1827. Vols. 2 & 3 (vol. 1 was not published). 467.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. 26.
  • 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. 562.
  • Strauss, W.L. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer . New York, 1977. 69.
  • 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.25 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4629-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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