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The Holy Family with the Dragonfly, Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer

The Holy Family with the Dragonfly

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Albrecht Dürer

The Holy Family with the Dragonfly, ca. 1495

Blatt/Platte: 237 x 185 mm

Physical Description: Monogrammed copperplate on ribbed laid paper

Inventory Number: 31352

Object Number: 31352 D

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The Holy Family with the Dragonfly

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

15th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Monogrammed copperplate on ribbed laid paper

Material

Technique

copperplate engraving

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert in der Platte unten mittig: Ad

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): [...]; (mit Bleistift): 2 [im Kreis] / 44
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: Ochsenkopf mit Blume und Dreieck

Work Catalogues: Hollstein German VII.36.42
TIB 1001.044
Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 1.29.2
Meder 1932.86.42
Bartsch VII.62.44 1a

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Iconclass

Primary

73B81Holy Family (alone), 'Trinitas terrestris'
11C23God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe
11E1Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames)
31AA2352sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
25F711(DRAGONFLY)insects (DRAGONFLY)

Secondary

41A723bench
25H2landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
41A1civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

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18.07.2024