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Albrecht DürerDer zwoelfjaehrige Jesus im Tempel - Christ among the doctors1503
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This is one of twenty woodcuts that together comprise The Life of the Virgin, a series on which Dürer worked for some ten years. Seventeen of these woodcuts were finished when the artist left for Italy in 1505. (There they were copied as engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi—much to Dürer’s chagrin.) Dürer finished the last two woodcuts as well as the frontispiece only in 1510. The set was then published in 1511 together with The Large Passion, accompanied by Latin verses written by the Benedictine monk Benedictus Cheledonius. On this occasion Dürer also reissued his Apocalypse series in order to offer his Große Bücher (Great Books) together in identical format as one volume.
Christ Among the Doctors, like the other prints from this series, represents an extraordinary stylistic refinement in the artist’s use of woodcut; while Dürer in all likelihood closely supervised the cutting of the woodblocks for the entire project, this is one of the images on which Panofsky believed he had done some of the “knife work” himself. The main event is pushed to the back of the scene, reinforcing a sense of perspective, as does the circle of doctors in the foregound, centered on the standing figure with his back to the viewer. And while some of the doctors appear to be attending to the words of Christ, others are seen chatting on a bench or languidly debating. As Panofsky notes, elements in the series “reveal a passion for the luminary, the intimate, and the particular which fundamentally differs from the spirit of the Apocalypse and the Large Passion. Without doing violence to the potentialities of the medium, the subtlety of these woodcuts rivals, to some extent, that of the contemporary engravings” (vol. 1, p. 96).
- Creator:Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, German)
- Creation Year:1503
- Dimensions:Height: 29.7 in (75.44 cm)Width: 20.9 in (53.09 cm)
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- Condition:A brilliant proof impression printed before the edition of 1511; printing clearly even in the densest areas of shading; with thread margins or trimmed to the border; in excellent condition.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU26223834541
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