The Bearing of the Cross and the Crucifixion

Albrecht Dürer, Artist Jacobus Matham, Artist
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The Bearing of the Cross and the Crucifixion

ca. 1615

Albrecht Dürer (Artist) German, 1471-1528 Jacobus Matham (Artist) Dutch, 1571-1631

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 21 5/8 × 15 1/4 inches (54.9 × 38.7 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S764

This work is in the public domain.

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In plate, bottom center of image: [Durer's monogram] 1505 Lower left of image: Albertus Durerus figuravit. Lower center: Cum Privil. Sac. Caes. M.; Iac. Matham Sculp. Joan. Goyuaerts excudit. 1615.

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February 1892, F. Meder. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Jacobus Matham; after Albrecht Dürer, The Bearing of the Cross and the Crucifixion, ca. 1615, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S764.

The Bearing of the Cross and the Crucifixion
The Bearing of the Cross and the Crucifixion