The Dead Christ

Albrecht Dürer1505

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Title: The Dead Christ
Creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
Date Created: 1505
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 17.1 x 23.5 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Prince Heinrich Lubomirski, Castle Przeworst, Poland, Lubomirski Collection-Ossolinski National Institute, Museum Lemberg, Prince Lubomirski, possibly the Albertina, Vienna (according to departmental cataloging sheet); Prince Heinrich Lubomirski, Castle Przeworst, Poland (not in Lugt, not stamped); Lubomirski Museum-Ossolinski National Institute, Lemberg, Austrian Crownland of Galicia, to 1918 (Lwów, Poland to 1939, now Lviv, Ukraine) (stamped, in red ink, on fragment of old mount, now removed). Prince Georg Lubomirski (not in Lugt, not stamped, according to departmental cataloguing sheet). [Paul Drey, New York]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.531
Medium: charcoal; framing line in graphite (top edge)
Inscriptions: signed(?), lower center, in charcoal: [artist monogram: AD] ; by artist(?), upper center, in charcoal: .1505. VERSO, upper center, in graphite: X
Department: Drawings
Culture: Germany, early 16th Century
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
Collection: DR - German
Accession Number: 1952.531

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