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The Deposition

The Deposition, between 1509 and 1511

  • Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 5 × 3 7/8 inches (12.7 × 9.8 cm) Sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches (13.7 × 10.8 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Comstock

44.316

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Signed on block, lower left: [monogram]

Watermark: fragment, center right edge

1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Dodgson, C. Albrecht Durer. New York, 1967, no. 88.

Albrecht Dürer, The Deposition, between 1509 and 1511, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Comstock, 44.316.

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