Albrecht Dürer
Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:
A Bull, This is a pen and ink drawing of a bull., 1508
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0201.2; Public Notes:
A Cavalcade, This is a pen and ink drawing of a formal horseback procession towards a town center, presumably Nuremberg., 1498
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0198; Public Notes: The current repository is unknown, but it was formerly in the Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany.
A nude man reclining, This is a pen and ink character study of a recumbent nude man., 1526
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0202.1; Public Notes: This character study was confiscated from the National Ossoliński Institute during the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. US troops recovered this work in 1945 and it was returned to the Polish royal family in 1950, before being acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1959.
A Portrait of Albrecht Dürer's Father, A potrait of Albrecht Dürer's father.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.MISC.0674; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Adam and Eve, This is an engraving of Adam and Eve, as Eve is accepting the forbidden fruit from the serpent. They are surrounded by various animals and foliage and their temperaments are serene., 1504
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0206; Public Notes:
Adoration of the Magi, This is a depiction of the adoration of the Virgin Mary and the Christ-child by the Magi after his birth in Bethlehem, as referenced in Matthew 2. The three Zoroastrian kings, according to the scriptures, were instructed by King Herod to find the "Messiah" who had been recently born and report his location, so that the king could pay homage. The Magi found the Holy Family by guidance of the Star of Bethlehem. They presented the Virgin and Child with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, signifying his status as the "King of the Jews" and his imminent death., 1504
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0162; Public Notes: This work was commissioned by Frederick the Wise for the altar of the chapel in his Wittenberg Castle. It came to the Uffizi in 1792.
Ascension of Christ, This is a pen and ink drawing of the ascension of Christ forty days after his resurrection., c. 1515
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0202.2; Public Notes: This character study was confiscated from a Polish Collection by Nazi troops in 1939.
Bernhard von Reesen, or, Portrait of a Young Man, This is a portrait of Bernhard von Reesen, an art collector from a Prussian patrician family., 1521
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0180; Public Notes:
Christ Among the Doctors, This is a depiction of the fifth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary and of Luke 2:41-52. It shows a twelve year old Jesus ministering to the elders and doctors in the temple., 1506
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0158; Public Notes:
Christ As the Man of Sorrows, This is a depiction of Christ, crowned with a wreath of thorns and covered in bleeding wounds from his lashings., c. 1493
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0159; Public Notes:
Dead Christ, This is a pen and ink drawing of the dead Christ before being entombed., 1505
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0202.3; Public Notes: This character study was confiscated from the Polish National Ossoliński Institute by Nazi troops in 1939.
Entombment of Christ, This is a pen and ink study of the entombment of Christ. He is surrounded by mourners, including St. Mary, Mary Magdalene, St. John, and some apostles., c. 1510
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0202.5; Public Notes: This piece was among the Lubomirski treasures that were stolen from the National Ossoliński Institute during the Nazi occupation of Poland in 1939. It was rescued by US Army troops in 1945 and returned to Prince Lubomirski in 1950.
Feast of the Rosary, This is a detail of some cherubs from the "Feast of the Rosary.", 1506
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0173; Public Notes:
Head of a Smiling Woman, This is a pen and ink drawing of a laughing woman from a Slovene village. It is believed that Dürer created this study on his journey to Venice., 1505
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0200; Public Notes:
Jesus Among the doctors, A painting of Jesus among doctors.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.MISC.0673; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Knight, Death, and the Devil, This is a print of a knight on horseback being confronted by death, who is holding an hourglass and is entwined with serpents, and Satan, who is stylized as a deformed ram with jagged protruding horns., 1513
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0148; Public Notes:
Knight, Death, and the Devil, This is a print of Eve tempting Adam with the forbidden fruit. She is being assisted by the serpent., 1504
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0149; Public Notes: Centennial Gift of Landon Clay
Knight, Death and the Devil, This is an engraving of Psalm 23 and depicts a knight on his horse, riding past the figure of death, who holds an hour-glass, and Satan, who has the head of a horned goat. This piece is considered to be one of Durer's three Master Prints., 1513
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0205; Public Notes:
Knights Riding and Tilting, This is a pen and ink drawing of several knights on horseback. It is a character study for a larger battle scene., 1489
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0199; Public Notes: This piece was acquired by the British Museum in 1911. Further provenance records could not be located.
Landscape with a Woodland Pool, This is an unfinished watercolor of a woodland pond., c. 1496
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0161; Public Notes:
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