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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

The Resurrection

The Resurrection

1510
(German, 1471–1528)
Germany, 16th century
woodcut
Sheet: 39.2 x 27.6 cm (15 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King 1926.122
Catalogue raisonné: Meder 1932, 124
Location: not on view

Description

This print belongs to a group of woodcuts showing the events of Christ’s Passion. The series was published with Latin verses on the back of each sheet, but this particular impression was printed as a “proof” before the text was added. Here, Albrecht Dürer showed Christ emerging from his tomb while the soldiers assigned to guard him sleep. Christ’s muscular, heroic body demonstrates Dürer’s awareness of visual models from the classical past and from Italy, a knowledge he helped to spread in the north through prints such as this. Here, the ideal body of Christ represents his resurrected state.
  • John Barnard
    Fountaine Walker
    John Barnard (died 1784), London, inscrption (Lugt 1419), verso, upper left, in pen and brown ink. Fountaine Walker (second half, 19th century), Ness Castle, Inverness, inscription (Lugt 2545), verso, lower left, in pen and brown ink. purchased from (Knoedler & Co., New York)
  • "The Print Club's Gift in Memory of Ralph King." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 13, no.7 (July 1926): 159-162. Reproduced: p. 158; Mentioned: p. 161 25136946
  • A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).
    Albrecht Dürer and His Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).
    40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
    Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
    16th Century German Woodcuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-February 26, 1939).
  • {{cite web|title=The Resurrection|url=false|author=Albrecht Dürer|year=1510|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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