Presentation in the Temple, Th

Durer, Albrecht

210953 Durer, Albrecht The Presentation in the Temple (from The Life of the Virgin) c. 1503 B. 81; M., Holl. 193 11 3/4'' x 8 1/4'' Woodcut on thin laid paper with threadbare margins. Signed with monogram in the block, lower right. Unidentified collector's stamp (not in Lugt), verso, blue ink. A "dark" Meder H impression from an edition after 1511 without Latin text showing the two wormholes in the column to the left of Joseph touched in with ink, the four large and two fine gaps above, the sixteen large and small gaps that gradually combine touched in with ink, and the and breach place in the bank left behind the basket touched in with ink. Meder makes specific reference to a Meder H impression as being pulled around 1600. Originally Durer illustrated the cycle with the text by Benedict Schwalbe (Benedict Chelidonius) who died in 1521. Benedict was also a friend of Willibald Pirckheimer (who was Durer's life-long friend) and a Benedictine theologian from a nearby monastery. According to Giulia Bartrum, Albrecht Durer and his Legacy, 2002, the wide range of landscapes, architectural settings and incidental detail makes the nineteen woodcuts of the Life of the Virgin some of his most popular. It is with this cycle that the influence of Jacopo De Barbari (active c.1497, d. 1516?) Venetian painter and engraver, mostly in Northern Europe became apparent, expounding on Luca Pacioli's (c.1445-c.1514) compass and measurement techniques, the most famous mathematician of his day. The Life of a Virgin cycle was dedicated to one of Willibald Pirckheimer's sisters, Caritas, the Abess of the Franciscan convent of St Clara's in Nuremburg, who was, like her brother, a gifted Latin and Greek scholar. Wilibald Pirckheimer was Durer's childhood friend, humanist and court philosopher to Maximillan. The Death of a Virgin along with the Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin are the two woodcuts that Durer finished in 1510 after his second bachelor journey to Italy to complete the nineteen images of the Life of a Virgin.

Reg. No.

210953

Size

11 3/4" x 8 1/4"

Medium

WOODCUT

PW Price

Call for Pricing
and Availability.

Interested in this item? Have a gallery rep. contact me., or call (800) 521.9654 x4, or (248) 354-2343.

Zoom feature: You'll notice there is a small magnifying glass icon located at the bottom right corner of each work of art featured on the site. Click on this icon and move it around the work of art to experience a more intimate view of the details, brush strokes and textures used by each artist.