Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34

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The German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer was a legend in his own time. His prints, marked with his famous AD monogram, were known in every corner of Europe, and his virtuoso technical skill has never been equaled. We can trace only part of the journey of this magnificent engraving since it left Dürer's studio in Nuremberg in 1513. Collector's marks on back of the print indicate it was in the Netherlands in the 17th century, England in the late 19th, and Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th. It arrived in Minneapolis in 1916. Scholars have noted that the face of Christ closely resembles Dürer's own; the intensity and sadness of his gaze are remarkable, even at this tiny scale. Dürer, who would become a Protestant sympathizer, executed this print just four years before Martin Luther posted his 95 theses in 1517, critiquing, among many things, the practice of granting indulgences for praying to images like the sudarium. Germany

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Dated
1513
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Department
European Art
Credit
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Medium
Engraving

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In 1513, Albrecht Dürer engraved something deeply personal at a tiny scale: two kneeling angels holding the sudarium, the cloth said to bear the face of Christ, whose sorrowful gaze closely resembles Dürer's own self-portraits. The angels' heavy robes cascade in his signature intricate drapery, every fold packed with astonishing detail. Dürer made this print just four years before Luther challenged the veneration of such relics, giving this small but haunting image an unexpectedly charged place in history. It has been held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art since 1916.

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Object ID
47104
Object Type
Prints
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Classification” · the first available of several museum fields
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Object Name” · the first available of several museum fields
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
Medium
Engraving
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
Department
European Art
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Credit Line
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
Date
1513
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · copied as is
Begin Year
1513
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
End Year
1513
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field

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