Christ in Limbo

Durer, Albrecht

157874 Durer, Albrecht Christ in Limbo B. 14, M. 121 1510 15 3/8'' x 11 1/8'' Woodcut on laid paper with full borders. A rich impression from an edition after 1511 without text. According to Joseph Meder, Durer-Katalog, Ein Handbuch Uber Albrecht Durers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Deren Zustande, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichenn, 1931., a Meder A impression. These impressions were printed about 1580. Originally Durer illustrated the cycle with the text by Benedict Schwalbe (Benedict Chelidonius) who died in 1521. Benedict, a Benedictine theologian from a nearby monastery was also a friend of Willibald Pirckheimer (who was Durer's life-long friend, humanist and court philosopher to Maximillan). Durer made seven of the twelve woodcuts of his Large Passion cycle between 1497 and 1500. These seven woodcuts only have the monogram. The last four woodcuts were in 1510. These woodcuts have the monogram and the date. They include: The Last Supper (B.5, M.114), The Arrest of Christ (B.7, M. 116), Christ in Limbo (B. 14, M. 121) and The Resurrection (B. 15, M. 124). The Latin edition was first produced in 1498 and again in 1511. It was for the second edition in 1511 when the Large Passion and the Life of a Virgin were printed in this combined edition with a the new frontispiece. As with The Life of a Virgin cycle, the woodcuts done after his second journey to Italy showed 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.

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157874

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15 3/8" x 11 1/8"

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WOODCUT

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