Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg ("Large Cardinal"), 1523

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16.9 x 12.6 cm (6 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Meder, no. 101

Accession Number

1943.3.3550

Artists / Makers

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Image Use

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Inscription

in plate, top: M D X X III / SIC OCVLOS SIC ILLE GENAS SIC ORA FEREBAT / ANNO ETATIS SVE. XXXIIII [So appeared his eyes, his cheeks, his features at the age of 34]; in plate, bottom: ALBERTVS. MI[SERICORDIA]. D[E]I. SA[CRO]. SANC[TAE]. ROMANAE. ECCL[ESI]AE. TI[TVLI]. SAN[CTI]. / CHRYSOGONI. P[RES]B[ITE]R. CARDINA[LIS]. MAGNVN[TINENSIS]. AC. MAGDE[BVRGENSIS]. / ARCHIEP[ISCOPV]S. ELECTOR. IMPE[RII]. PRIMAS. ADMINI[STRATOR]. / HALBER[STADENSIS]. MARCHI[O]. BRANDENBVRGENSIS [Albert, by God's mercy Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman Church titular presbyter cardinal of St Chrysogonus, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, Primate Elector of the Empire, Administer of Halberstadt, Margrave of Brandenburg]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 669 [?]; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B 103; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 39; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B8 [?] [erased]; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: u47899 [?] [erased]

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

Purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1929: Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 49.

1953: Renaissance Portraits, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1953, no. 59 on checklist.

1956: Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1966: Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 17.

2000: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

1932: Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001: Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 97.