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Albrecht Dürer

Young Woman in Netherlandish Dress, 1521

Not on View

Medium

brush and brown and white ink on gray-violet prepared paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.3 x 19.8 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.658

Artists / Makers

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right in white ink: 1521 / AD (in monogram)

Provenance

A.F. Andréossy; Baron Arthur de Schikler, Martinvast, Normandy; by inheritance to his son-in-law, Count Hubert de Pourtalès, Hôtel de l'Imperatrice, Faubourg St. Honore, Paris; (Duveen Brothers, New York, purchased 13 October)[1]; Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park Hall, PA (purchased from Duveen and sold 6 March 1920); gift to NGA, 1942.

[1]Photocopy from Duveen stock books in object file.

Associated Names

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Pourtalès, Hubert de Comte
Widener, Joseph E.

Exhibition History

1950: Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 29, repro.

1955: Drawings and Prints by Albrecht Dürer, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1955.

1971: Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. XXVII, repro.

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 22-23.

1984: German Drawings from a Private Collection. The British Museum, London and tour (Washington only), hors de catalogue.

1986: Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1986, no. 148.

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2003: Albrecht Dürer, Albertina, Vienna, 2003, no. 175, repro.

2013: Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 (exhibited hors catalogue; mentioned p. 259, under no. 104, repr. p. 260 in color [entry by Matthias Mende]).

2019: Albrecht Dürer, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2019-2020, no. 186.

2021: Dürer's Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen; Suremondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, National Gallery, London, 2021-2022, no. 68, repro. (shown in Aachen and London).

Bibliography

1882: Ephrussi, Charles. Albrecht Dürer et ses Dessins. Paris, 1882: 299-300, 424, repro. opposite p. 300.

1931: Flechsig, Eduard. Albrecht Dürer: Sein Leben und seine künstlerische Entwickelung. 2 volumes. Berlin, 1931: II: 232, no. 385.

1937: Winkler, Friedrich. Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers. 4 vols. Berlin, 1937: IV: no. 820

1938: Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. 2nd ed. 2 volumes in 3. Basel, 1938: no. 823.

1945: Panofsky, Erwin, Albrecht Dürer. 2nd revised ed. 2 vols. London, 1945: 1291.

1974: Strauss, Walter L. The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer. 6 volumes. New York, 1974: IV: no. 1521/23.

1982: Strieder, Peter. Albrecht Dürer Paintings, Prints, Drawings. New York, 1982: no. 1946.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 661, no. 1038, color repro.

1995: Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: 120, fig. A.

2005: Michelman, Dorothea S. "A German Treasure Trove: The National Gallery of Art." German Life (June/July 2005): 43, repro.

2010: Eichenberger, Dagmar. “Dürer and the Netherlands: Patterns of Exchange and Mutual Admiration.” In The Essential Dürer, edited by Larry Silver and Jeffrey Chipps Smith. Philadelphia, 2010: 115, fig. 9.2.

2013: Robison, Andrew. "The Drawings of Albrecht Dürer." In exh. cat. Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013: 42, repr. p. 41 (color).