Ascension
Ascension

Currently not on view

Ascension,

ca. 1509–11

Albrecht Dürer, 1471–1528; born and died Nuremberg, Germany; active Venice, Italy, and Nuremburg
x1958-37

Information

Title
Ascension
Dates

ca. 1509–11

Maker
Albrecht Dürer
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 12.7 × 9.9 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 12.9 × 10.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John P. Poe, Class of 1922, in memory of Albert M. Friend, Jr., Class of 1915
Object Number
x1958-37
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Nuremburg

Inscription
Monogram in block, lower left corner: AD
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 50; Dodgson 94; Hollstein 159; Meder 159; Schoch 220
Culture
European, German
Type
woodcuts, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
passion, Apostles, tombs, men, figures (representations), women, Christ, Mary

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