GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Unlike the other prints in The Engraved Passion series, the frontispiece does not depict a specific scene from the Gospels; instead, this image represents the collective suffering Jesus endured. It may refer to scenes from Passion plays or other forms of popular piety that were widespread during Albrecht Dürer's lifetime. Jesus holds the whips and switches that were used for his torture and wears his crown of thorns. His hands and feet already bear the marks of the nails used for crucifixion. In the background, the cross he would later be forced to carry and be crucified on is being constructed. Rather than function within a narrative, this image was meant to inspire viewers to pious reflection on the sacrifices of Jesus, as modeled by the figures in the lower corner.
Adapted from
- Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy, March 2015.
- Carl Wuellner, DMA label copy, December 2003.
NOTES
Series- The Engraved Passion, 1507-1512, published 1512, created in Nuremberg
Source for Fun Fact- Walter L. Strauss, The Complete Engravings, Etchings, and Drypoints of Albrecht Dürer, page 112.
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
General Description:
- Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy (1971.78) for With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer, December 2003
- Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1971.78) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Provenance:
n.d.: Colonel Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
n.d.: his widow
Until 1971: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX, purchased from the above
From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Depicted Location: Golgotha (historic site): TGN: 4002116
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Jesus
Virgin Mary
St. John
Subject terms
monogram
column
barrel vault
stept
linear perspective
prayer
background
landscape
Calvary crosses
Christianity
crown
thorns
rope
drapery
man
standing
frontispiece
whips
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
248141244: UMO
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
WEB RESOURCES
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
- After completing this print, Dürer stopped making engravings for two years and focused his attention on woodcuts (which he had previously taken a five-year hiatus from producing). He returned to engraving in 1511 and completed the series for which this work is the frontispiece.
TEACHING IDEAS
RULES
Apply to objects where number equals 1971.78
Category
rules_operator
AND
General Description
Unlike the other prints in The Engraved Passion series, the frontispiece does not depict a specific scene from the Gospels; instead, this image represents the collective suffering Jesus endured. It may refer to scenes from Passion plays or other forms of popular piety that were widespread during Albrecht Dürer's lifetime. Jesus holds the whips and switches that were used for his torture and wears his crown of thorns. His hands and feet already bear the marks of the nails used for crucifixion. In the background, the cross he would later be forced to carry and be crucified on is being constructed. Rather than function within a narrative, this image was meant to inspire viewers to pious reflection on the sacrifices of Jesus, as modeled by the figures in the lower corner.
Adapted from
- Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy, March 2015.
- Carl Wuellner, DMA label copy, December 2003.
Fun Facts
- After completing this print, Dürer stopped making engravings for two years and focused his attention on woodcuts (which he had previously taken a five-year hiatus from producing). He returned to engraving in 1511 and completed the series for which this work is the frontispiece.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Inside Albrecht Dürer's Studio- Engraving~Watch this demonstration and explanation of the engraving process created by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for the exhibition, The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer (November 14, 2010- March 13, 2011).
Notes
Series- The Engraved Passion, 1507-1512, published 1512, created in Nuremberg
Source for Fun Fact- Walter L. Strauss, The Complete Engravings, Etchings, and Drypoints of Albrecht Dürer, page 112.
Added Saints and Monsters label copy to TMS as a text entry.
General Description:
- Carl Wuellner, DMA Label copy (1971.78) for With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer, December 2003
- Laura Sevelis, DMA label copy (1971.78) for Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Dürer, March 2015
Changed the object name from Print to Engraving. Changed the medium from Engraving to ink on paper.
Add information to existing TMS label copy by Wuellner. The texts were written for "With Black Lines Only: Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer" (December 21, 2003- March 28, 2004).
Deleted the text in the exhibition history field for "With Black Lines Only" because it was duplicated by an exhibition record already entered in TMS and related to this object.
DMA Friends Activity- puzzle brochures by Danielle Shulz and Tanya Miller for the Saints and Monsters exhibition- Fall 2015
HOW TO FIND THIS?
Added the following exhibition as to the exhibition history text field (because it was not a DMA exhibition). This exhibition was on a typescript page along with four other exhibitions and eleven Dürer object numbers. The other four exhibitions already have TMS records and are linked to the correct objects.
1982: "Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, December 12, 1982- February 6, 1983
Provenance:
n.d.: Colonel Henry Van den Bergh, London [1]
n.d.: his widow
Until 1971: Calvin J. Holmes, Dallas, TX, purchased from the above
From 1971: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, bequest from the above [2]
[1] The original registration card for this object in the DMA Collections Records Object File includes this line of provenance as the owner prior to Holmes acquiring the print for the Museum. The time period and transaction are not specified.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Nuremberg (Germany): TGN: 7004334
Depicted Location: Golgotha (historic site): TGN: 4002116
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Jesus
Virgin Mary
St. John
Subject terms
monogram
column
barrel vault
stept
linear perspective
prayer
background
landscape
Calvary crosses
Christianity
crown
thorns
rope
drapery
man
standing
frontispiece
whips
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Josh Rose, Saints and Monsters: Prints by Albrecht Durer, gallery talk, June 17, 2015.
248141244: UMO
Connection made by confirming exhibition in TMS and Piction ID correct.
VIDEO ASSETS
rules
Apply To
Objects
number
Equals
1971.78
source file
object_notes_2_c-0125.xml.nores