Young Woman in Netherlandish Dress

1521

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

A woman stands angled to and looking off to the left in this vertical, full-length drawing, which was created with brown and white ink and shaded with washes of the same color on smoky purple-colored paper. The woman has a heart-shaped face with a short, rounded nose, full lips, and a bulb-shaped chin. Her head is covered with a white cloth that drapes to chin length at the sides and falls down her back. The square neckline of her bodice is low, but her chest is covered with a white cloth. The voluminous sleeves are lined with wide, long bands of fur along the cuffs, and she holds her hands clasped in front of her waist. A beaded rosary hangs from her waist, and the deep folds of her heavy skirts fall almost to the floor. The artist signed the drawing near the upper right corner with a capital letter D tucked between the long legs of a letter A. The monogram is below the date, 1521.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and brown and white ink on gray-violet prepared paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.3 x 19.8 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.658

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A.F. Andréossy; Baron Arthur de Schikler, Martinvast, Normandy; by inheritance to his son-in-law, Count Hubert de Pourtalès, Hôtel de l'Imperatrice, Faubourg St. Honore, Paris; (Duveen Brothers, New York, purchased 13 October)[1]; Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park Hall, PA (purchased from Duveen and sold 6 March 1920); gift to NGA, 1942.
[1]Photocopy from Duveen stock books in object file.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 29, repro.

1955

  • Drawings and Prints by Albrecht Dürer, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1955.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. XXVII, repro.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 22-23.

1984

  • German Drawings from a Private Collection. The British Museum, London and tour (Washington only), hors de catalogue.

1986

  • Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1986, no. 148.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2003

  • Albrecht Dürer, Albertina, Vienna, 2003, no. 175, repro.

2013

  • Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 (exhibited hors catalogue; mentioned p. 259, under no. 104, repr. p. 260 in color [entry by Matthias Mende]).

2019

  • Albrecht Dürer, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2019-2020, no. 186.

2021

  • Dürer's Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen; Suremondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, National Gallery, London, 2021-2022, no. 68, repro. (shown in Aachen and London).

Bibliography

1882

  • Ephrussi, Charles. Albrecht Dürer et ses Dessins. Paris, 1882: 299-300, 424, repro. opposite p. 300.

1931

  • Flechsig, Eduard. Albrecht Dürer: Sein Leben und seine künstlerische Entwickelung. 2 volumes. Berlin, 1931: II: 232, no. 385.

1937

  • Winkler, Friedrich. Die Zeichnungen Albrecht Dürers. 4 vols. Berlin, 1937: IV: no. 820

1938

  • Tietze, Hans, and Erika Tietze-Conrat. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke Albrecht Dürers. 2nd ed. 2 volumes in 3. Basel, 1938: no. 823.

1945

  • Panofsky, Erwin, Albrecht Dürer. 2nd revised ed. 2 vols. London, 1945: 1291.

1974

  • Strauss, Walter L. The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer. 6 volumes. New York, 1974: IV: no. 1521/23.

1982

  • Strieder, Peter. Albrecht Dürer Paintings, Prints, Drawings. New York, 1982: no. 1946.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 661, no. 1038, color repro.

1995

  • Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: 120, fig. A.

2005

  • Michelman, Dorothea S. "A German Treasure Trove: The National Gallery of Art." German Life (June/July 2005): 43, repro.

2010

  • Eichenberger, Dagmar. “Dürer and the Netherlands: Patterns of Exchange and Mutual Admiration.” In The Essential Dürer, edited by Larry Silver and Jeffrey Chipps Smith. Philadelphia, 2010: 115, fig. 9.2.

2013

  • Robison, Andrew. "The Drawings of Albrecht Dürer." In exh. cat. Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013: 42, repr. p. 41 (color).

Inscriptions

upper right in white ink: 1521 / AD (in monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q64534003

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