Crucifixion with Many Figures (The Crucifixion in Outline)
c. 1523

Albrecht DÜRER

Medium: engraving
Measurements: 31.1 × 22.7 cm (image) 31.6 × 22.7 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné: Pass.109; M.25; D.107, 2nd plate, (II) (doubtful engravings); Holl.25 (copy II); S.E.100; Pan.216; Barlow (1950) 104
Inscription: Without monogram
Accession Number: 3522-4
Departments: International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location: Not on display

Watermarks


Watermark Form: Circle, Mermaid and Six Pointed Star
: Possibly Briquet 13900 (found in a documents dated 1533 in Naples, Italy, 1536 in Imola, Italy and 1539 in Fabriano, Italy). It has been suggested this watermark is from a paper mill in the Veneto region of Italy. See Woodward, D. ‘Martha and Mary, 1568-70: The Use of a Pair of Watermarks in Reconstructing the Venetian Map Trade’, In Looking at Paper evidence and interpretation Symposium Proceedings Toronto, 1999’ p. 135. This watermark is very similar to ‘Mermaid E’ found in a document written by Michelangelo dated 1546 and identified in Roberts J. A Dictionary of Michelangelo’s Watermarks, 1988, p. 25.
Completeness: complete
Chain Line Interval: 27-32 mm
Laid Line Frequency: 8 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires: 63 x 7 [ 20 I 20 ] x 6
Wire Side: verso
Radiograph taken from: verso