Sketch for a Glass Painting with St George, Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer
Sketch for a Glass Painting with St George
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Albrecht Dürer

Sketch for a Glass Painting with St George, ca. 1496 – 1498


Blatt
max. 286 x max. 141 mm
Physical Description
Pen and brown and grey ink over leadpoint and black chalk or charcoal, watercolour, on ribbed laid paper
Inventory Number
6952
Object Number
6952 Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 1890
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Sketch for a Glass Painting with St George
Draughtsman
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Pen and brown and grey ink over leadpoint and black chalk or charcoal, watercolour, on ribbed laid paper
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Captions Added Later
Bezeichnet unten rechts (von fremder Hand): AD
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer
Watermark
  • Nicht vorhanden
Work Catalogues
  • Strauss I.472.1499/9
  • Panofsky 1948.II.86.810
  • Winkler I.135.197

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1890

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif
Persons Shown
Illustrated Passage
  • Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, 302

Iconclass

Primary
  • 11Q71311 church-window, e.g. rose-window
  • 11H(GEORGE)41 St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing
  • 25I5 landscape with tower or castle
Secondary

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24.11.2023