Durer, Dürer, Albrecht, Engraving, The Crucifixion Start Price USD 4,500.00 Current Price USD 4,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 11, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Durer, Dürer, Albrecht, Engraving, The Crucifixion' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: The Crucifixion (from the Engraved Passion), 1511 [S. 53; M.B] Artist: Durer, Albrecht Medium: Original Engraving Image Size: 4 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in (11.43 cm x 7.32 cm) Sheet Size: 4 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in (12.4 cm x 7.95 cm) Framed Size: 15 3/8 in x 14 1/8 in (39.07 cm x 35.9 cm) Signature: The artist's initials, AD, are engraved in the plate on a slate in the lower right. Edition: A Meder state B, 16th century impression Condition: This work is in very good condition, a bold, crisp impression    Description:Created in 1511, this piece is one of 36 images Dürer created to illustrate a volume entitled the Engraved Passion.  This work is Meder B impression and features the artist’s monogrammed initials in the plate in the lower right. Contrasting slightly from Dürer’s Small Passion series in woodcut, this Engraved Passion series is equal in subject matter and formidable in detail.  Having been executed in concise precision, our scene has even more focus on shading, depth perception, and trompe l’oeil effects (see wrinkling in fabric, etc.) Focusing the viewer’s attention upon the emaciated body of Christ, the artist creates a sense of torture and loss.  Practically all the figures in the image turn their heads or cover their faces in shame or grief.  The artist’s intense use of detail in rendering the body of Christ heightens the visceral quality of emotion exhibited within the piece. PROVENANCE: J. Wetterauer | Stuttgart, Germany Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) : 1. The Intaglio Prints of Albrecht Dürer – Engravings, Etchings & Drypoints (1981) . Strauss, W. L. (ed.) . Abaris Books: NY. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 53 on pg. 157. 2. Meder, J. (1932) . Dürer-Katalog. Verlag Gilhofer & Ranschburg: Wien. Listed as catalogue raisonné no. 13 on pg. 73. About the Framing: This work is displayed in a dark wood frame with gold leaf detailing around the inner and outer edges of the molding.  The work is presented with recessed white silk mattes and a delicate inner gold fillet which accentuates the tonal qualities of the paper. 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