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Saints Stephen, Sixtus and Lawrence

Maker

(artist)
1471-1528

(engraver)
1471-1528

Title

Date of Production

1504 - 1505

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
laid

Dimensions

Height: 21.25 cm
Width: 14.35 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3015

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The three saints hold their attributes: Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr, holds a palm frond and stones with which he was stoned to death; Pope Sixtus II, who was beheaded under the persecution of Emperor Valerian, holds a purse and wears the papal tiara; whilst Saint Lawrence, who was Sixtus's deacon, holds a book and a gridiron upon which he was roasted to death. The woodcut is believed to have been made in honour of Sixtus Turcher, who was Provost of the Church of Saint Lawrence in Nuremburg in 1493-1503. The rationale behind the presence of Saint Stephen is unknown. Though this woodcut is technically adept, the elongation of the figures throws the attribution to Dürer into doubt.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Print Room Display - Durer Prints, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 29/10/2013-23/06/2014

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & lower : : AD [monogram] //

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