List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer

The following is an incomplete list of paintings by the German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer.

Legend for the table

The reproductions are coming for the most part from the online catalogues of the institution the work is held (or at least the best reproductions available on Wikimedia Commons). Articles at the beginning of some titles are dropped for better sortability. Paintings that belong together are not always joined, except for the occasional back sides of paintings. Secondary specifications are in small font. The original medium is mentioned first, modifications that represent the current state are stated subsequently. In the case of Dürer the time spans are not likely to represent the duration spent working on the picture, instead usually signifies the (ideally most recent) estimated date by scholars for a work, that has no year stated by Dürer's own hand (usually with his monogram "AD") and/or decisive source. The small types under the date indicate at least some identification and are to be read as follows:

  • d : original date by Dürer's hand on the panel at the time of the work's completion
  • m : original monogram "AD" by Dürer's hand on the panel
  • + : dated and signed with full name (with or without monogram), and additional text in German or Latin (Text quoted as reference)
  • i : date and monogram with occasionally additional text veristically integrated into the picture (e. g. in form of a painted piece of written paper or a plate, often held by Dürer himself)
  • p : preparatory drawings have survived
  • w : sourced by Dürer's own writing or other trusted written testimony, like communal archives, letters by contemporaries or collection inventories, that scholars universally aggree upon
  • l : later dated, monogramed or inscriped by Dürer's hand ("mlw" would mean no date, later monogram, documented by written sources)
  • f : anything of a different hand than Dürer's of a (most probably always) later date (e. g. "dfwf" means later date and text by a foreign hand)
  • c : authenticity challenged by several scholars and not yet invalided (e. g. "mcw" would mean the work is well sourced but the monogram seemed to be for some students not by Dürer's hand)
  • — : not signed or referenced anywhere, still the attribution to Dürer solely on stylistical grounds is universally accepted ("—c" if challenged)
  • c : not signed or referenced anywhere, however known through copies

For the current location the city is mentioned first, it is most unambiguous and allows to combine multiple galleries of that city. The gallery where the work is displayed is mentioned second, (sometimes) followed by the name of the actual superordinate collection owning the work (on first appearance in the list only). The inventory number of the object in brackets is (ideally) linked to the entry in the online catalogue of the collection if available. The last column gives the number of the catalogue raisonnée of Dürer's paintings, which Fedja Anzelewsky, lifelong affiliated with the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, compiled and published in 1971 (and revised 20 years later). The legend for the four different capitals following the chronological numbering is as follows:

  • K ("Kopie") only survived as copy
  • V ("verschollen") for lost but known through writings
  • Z ("Zeichnung") painting that only survived in drawings
  • W ("Werkstatt") workshop painting


Image Title Year Medium Dimensions
h × w in cm 		Location, Gallery,
(Collection) (Inv. nr.) 		CR
nr.
Portrait of Dürer's Father
diptych, right wing
back side:
Combined Coat of Arms of the Dürer and Holper Families		 1490
dmlw		 Oil on panel 47.5 × 39.5
47 × 39		 Florence, Uffizi (1086 (1890 post), 00286561) 2–3
Portrait of Barbara Dürer
diptych, left wing		 1490
—w		 Oil on panel 47 × 38 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen) 4[1]
The Miraculous Salvation of a Drowned Boy in Bregenz 1497–98
—		 Color on panel
(spruce)		 42 × 50 Kreuzlingen (Switzerland), Heinz Kisters Collection (no website) 5
Christ as the Man of Sorrows c. 1493
—		 Oil and tempera on panel
(pinewood)		 30 × 19 Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle[2] (2183) 9
∅
Self-Portrait (Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle) 1493
di[3]		 Oil on parchment transferred to canvas[4] 56.5 × 44.5 Paris, Musée du Louvre (RF 2382) 10
Jesus Child as Redeemer 1493
dm[5]		 Bodycolor and gold on parchment 11.8 × 9.3 Vienna, Albertina ([3059&showtype=record 3059]) 11
Lion 1494
dm[6]		 Bodycolor, watercolor on parchment 12.6 × 17.2 Hamburg, Kunsthalle (23005) 12
Virgin and Child before an Archway (Bagnacavallo Madonna) c. 1495
—		 Oil on panel 47.8 × 36.5 Mamiano di Traversetolo near Parma, Magnani-Rocca Foundation ([?]) 16
Seven Sorrows Polyptych c. 1495/96
—wc		 Oil on panel
(pinewood)		 63 × 44.5–46.5
each side panel
110 × 43.6
central panel		 Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (1875–1881)
(seven surrounding panels)
Munich, Alte Pinakothek (709) (central panel)		 21–27
20
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
back side:
Heavenly Scene		 c. 1496

(pearwood)		 Oil on panel 23.1 × 17.4 London, National Gallery (NG6563) 14–15
Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony 1496
mlf		 Tempera on canvas 76 × 57 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (Berlin State Museums 557C)[7] 19
Dresden Altarpiece 1496 Tempera on canvas 114 × 45
each wing
114 × 96.5
central panel		 Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (1869) 39–40
[c][8]
Haller Madonna
back side:
Lot and His Daughters		 c. 1496/1499 Oil on panel 52.4 × 42.2 Washington, National Gallery of Art 43–44
Portrait of a Young Woman with Her Hair Down
or Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Loose Hair		 1497 Oil on canvas 56 × 43 Frankfurt, Städel 45K
Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Her Hair Done Up 1497 Oil on canvas 56.5 × 42.5 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie 46
Portrait of a Man 1497–98
—		 Color on parchment on panel 24.2 × 20 Kreuzlingen (Switzerland), Heinz Kisters Collection (no website) 47
Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70
copy[9]		 1497
dm+[10]		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 51 × 40.3 London, National Gallery (NG1938) 48
Self-Portrait 1498
dm+w[11]		 Oil on panel 52 × 41 Madrid, Museo del Prado (P021791) 49
Lamentation 1498 Oil on panel 147 × 118 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (165) 55
Portrait of Oswolt Krel 1499 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 49.7 × 38.9
central panel, 49 × 15.7 (l)
49.8 × 15.6 (r)		 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (WAF 230, 230 A, 230 B) 56–58
Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Red Gown (St Sebastian) c. 1499 Oil on panel 52 × 40 Bergamo, Accademia Carrara 59
Portrait of Hans Tucher
diptych, left wing
back side:
Combined Coat-of-Arms of the Tucher and Rieter Families		 1499 Oil on panel 28 × 24 Weimar, Schlossmuseum 60–61
Portrait of Felicitas Tucher (née Rieter)
diptych, right wing		 1499 Oil on panel 28 × 24 Weimar, Schlossmuseum 62
Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher (née Pusch)
diptych, left wing lost		 1499 Oil on panel 29.1 × 23.3 Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (GK 6), Wilhelmshöhe Palace (Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel) 63;
64/65V[12]
Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe 1500 Oil on panel
(spruce)		 67.1 × 48.9 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (537) 66
Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds 1500 Oil on panel 84.5 × 107.5
truncated[13]		 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Gm 166) 67
Paumgartner altarpiece
  • Nativity
  • Georg Paumgartner as St George (inner left wing)
  • Lukas Paumgartner as St Eustacius (inner right wing)157 x 60,4
 c. 1500 Oil on panel
(firwood)		 155 × 126.1
central panel, 151 × 61
each wing		 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (702) 50–52
53W, 54K[14]
Lamentation of Christ 1500–1503 Oil on panel
(spruce)		 151.9 × 121.6 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (704) 70
Madonna and Child at the Breast
(Madonna lactans)		 1503
dm		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 24.1 × 18.3 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (GG 846) 71
Jabach Altarpiece
outer panels:
  • Job on the Dungheap or Job Taunted by His Wife
  • Piper and Drummer
 c. 1503–1504 Oil on panel 94 × 51 (l)
94 x 57 (r)		 Frankfurt, Städel (890) (left)
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum (WRM 0369) (right)		 72–73
Jabach Altarpiece
triptych wings (central panel lost)
  • Saints Joseph and Joachim (l)
  • Saints Simeon and Lazarus (r)
 c. 1503/05 Oil on panel 96.6 × 54.5 (l)
97 × 55.1 (r)		 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (WAF 228 and WAF 229) 74–75
Studies of a
Boy's Head Inclined to the Right
Boy's Head Inclined to the Left		 150 Oil on panel 22.5 × 19.2
23.1 × 17.9		 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (6, 7 (B-13 rés.)) 78–79
Adoration of the Magi 1504 Oil on panel 99 × 113.5 Florence, Uffizi
Portrait of a Man
(Endres Dürer)		 c. 1504 Oil on panel 43 × 29 Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts (142) excuded[15]
Portrait of a Venetian Woman 1505
dm		 Oil on panel
(spruce)		 33 × 24.5 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (GG 6440) 92
Salvator Mundi
unfinished		 1505 Oil on panel 58.1 × 47 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of Burkard von Speyer 1506 Oil on panel 31.7 × 26 Berkshire, Windsor Castle (Royal Collection)
Feast of the Rosary 1506 Oil on panel 162 × 194.5 Prague, Národní galerie
Portrait of a Young Man 1506 Oil on panel 50 × 40 Genoa, Palazzo Rosso
Madonna with the Siskin 1506
dm+i[16]		 Oil on panel
(poplar)		 93.5 × 78.9 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (557F) 94
Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman 1506–1507
m		 Oil on panel
(poplar)		 28.5 × 21.5 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (557G) 95
Christ Among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel 64.3 × 80.3 Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Adam and Eve 1507
mi
dmi[17]		 Oil on panel 209 × 81
209 × 80		 Madrid, Museo del Prado (P02177, P02178) 103–104
Portrait of a Young Man
back side:
Allegory of Avarice		 1507
dm		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 35 × 29 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (GG 849) 99
Portrait of a Young Girl (with a Red Beret) 1507
dmw		 Color on parchment transferred to panel 32.5 × 22.3 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (557l) 102
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand 1508
dmi		 Oil on panel transferred to canvas 99 × 87.5 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (GG 835) 105
Heller Altarpiece
copy		 1508–1509 Oil and tempera on panel 189 × 138
central element		 Frankfurt, Historical Museum
Holy Family 1509 Oil on panel 30.9 × 38.6 Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2447 (OK)) 116
Adoration of the Trinity (Landauer Altar)
with frame designed by Dürer		 1511
dmi		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 135 × 123.4
(limewood)
147,7 × 135.4
(frame)		 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (838) 118
Madonna of the Pear 1512
dm		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 49.3 × 37.4 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (848) 120
Emperor Charlemagne and Emperor Sigismund c. 1512 Oil and tempera on panel 215 × 115
each, including frame		 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Gm167 and Gm168)
Virgin and Child 1516 Oil on panel
(spruce)		 27.9 × 18.7
(w/border 22.2)		 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (17.190.5) 127[18]
Madonna of the Carnation 1516 Color on parchment mounted on pine wood (doubled with spruce) 39.7 × 29.3 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (4772) 130
Portrait of Michael Wolgemut 1516 Oil and tempera on panel 29 × 27 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum 131
Portrait of a Clergyman (Johann Dorsch?) 1516 Oil on parchment on fabric 41.7 × 32.7 Washington, National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection (1952.2.17)
Apostles Philip and James 1516 Tempera on panel 45 × 38
46 × 37		 Florence, Uffizi (1089, 1890, 1099) 128–129
Lucretia (The Suicide of Lucretia) 1518 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 168 × 74 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (705) 137
Virgin Mary in Prayer 1518
dm		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 54.9 × 45.3 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (557H) 138
Virgin and Child with St Anne 1519 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 60 × 49.8 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (14.40.633) 147
Portrait of Jakob Fugger the Wealthy c. 1520 Tempera on canvas (Tüchlein) 69.4 × 53 Augsburg, Staatsgalerie Altdeutsche Meister (Bavarian State Painting Collections) (717) 143
Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I 1519
dm		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 74 × 62 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (825) 146
Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg 1519 Tempera on canvas 83 × 65 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Gm169)
Portrait of a Man 1520
dm		 Distemper on canvas mounted on paper 40 × 30.3 Paris, Musée du Louvre (INV 18598, Recto) 148
Study for a Virgin Mary c. 1520 Tempera on canvas 25.5 × 21.5 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (B-13 rés.) 77
Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen 1521 Oil on panel (oak wood) 45.5 × 31.5 Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (1871)
Portrait of a Man in a Fur Coat (Rodrigo de Almada?) 1521 Oil on panel 50.6 × 32.9 Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (P21n10)
St. Jerome in His Study 1521 Oil on panel (oak wood) 59.5 × 48.5 Lisbon, Museum Nacional de Arte Antiga (828 Pint)
Portrait of a Man with Beret and Scroll 1521
dm		 Oil on panel
(oakwood)		 50 × 36 Madrid, Museo del Prado (P002180) 165
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne 1523 Oil on panel 75 x 64.5 Warsaw, Muzeum Kolekcji im. Jana Pawła II (Porczyński Gallery)
Madonna and Child with the Pear 1526 Oil on panel 43 × 31 Florence, Uffizi (1890, 1171)
Portrait of Jakob Muffel 1526
dm+[19]		 Oil on panel
transferred to canvas		 49.7 × 37.2 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (557D) 178
Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher
with cover		 1526
dm+[20]		 Oil on panel
(limewood)		 51 × 37.1 Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (557E, 557E/1) 179–180
Portrait of Johann Kleberger 1526
dmi 		Oil on panel
(limewood)		 36.5 × 36.5 Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (850) 182
The Four Apostles
  • Saints John and Peter
  • Saints Mark and Paul
 1526 Oil on panel 212.8 × 76.2
(l)
212.4 × 76.3
(r)		 Munich, Alte Pinakothek (545, 540) 183–184
Way to Calvary 1527 Oil on panel 32 × 47 Bergamo, Accademia Carrara

See also

Sources

  • Fedja Anzelewsky: Albrecht Dürer. Das malerische Werk. Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-871-57-0400.
  • Norbert Wolf: Albrecht Dürer, Prestel, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-7913-4426-3.

References

  1. ^ Believed to be lost, but recovered in 1977.
  2. ^ While the Kunsthalle is being renovated the Dürer panel is displayed in the ZKM (as of June 2024).
  3. ^ "1493 / Min Sach die gat / Als es oben schtat"
  4. ^ It was not unusual at the time to use parchment mounted on the panel instead of a primer as a simpler way to prepare the surface of the panel. It also allowed to copy the preparatory drawing before being mounted. Daniel Hess; Oliver Mack (2012). "Tradition und Vielfalt: Dürers Bildträger". In Daniel Hess; Thomas Eser (eds.). Der frühe Dürer (exhibition catalogue) (in German). Nürnberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum. pp. 172ff. ISBN 978-3-936688-59-7.
  5. ^ Monogram with a small "d", "৳ 1493 ৳ Ad ৳".
  6. ^ Monogram with a small "d".
  7. ^ Not to be found in the online catalogue of the SMB (as of June 17, 2024).
  8. ^ The central panel is recognized only as copy by Master Jhan(?). Anzelewsky 1971, p. 134ff.
  9. ^ Unusual bright background color, and a thick layer of paint that produced cracks in the surface, unusual for works by Dürer. See full description on the museum's website.
  10. ^ German inscription on top: "1497 ALBRECHT THVRER DER ELTER VND 70 IOR" (Albrecht Thurer the Elder and 70 Years [old]).
  11. ^ Inscription in German: "৳ 1498 ৳ Das malt Ich nach meiner gestalt / Ich war sex und zwanzig jar alt / Albrecht Dürer / AD" (I painted this after my likeness. I was 26 years old).
  12. ^ Lost portrait of her husband Nikolaus Tucher and a coat-of-arms on the reverse. Anzelewsky 1971, p. 63f.
  13. ^ Anzelewsky proposed the original form to be an ogival or a round arched field of a wall; it would have shown all three "birds" in full. Anzelewsky 1971, p. 168–170.
  14. ^ An Annunciation with the Virgin and Gabriel on the inner left and right wing respectivily.
  15. ^ Alchewsky 1971, p. 38.
  16. ^ "Alber[tu]s durer german(us) / faciebat post virginis / partum 1506 / AD"
  17. ^ "Alberto dürer almano / faciebat post virginis / partum ৳ 1507 ৳ AD"
  18. ^ Probably due to its "heavily overpainting" and otherwise compromised condition Gustav Glück, Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat, and Erwin Panofsky doubted it. It was cleaned and restored by Alois Hauser the Younger in Berlin under the aegis of Max J. Friedländer in the 1930s, and again around 1945 by Murray Pease at MET. Catalogue entry.
  19. ^ "EFFIGIES · JACOBI · MVFFEL · / AETATIS · SVAE · ANNO · LV ·/ SALVTIS · VERO · M · D · XXVI"
  20. ^ "HIERONIMI. HOLTZSCHVER. ANNO. DO(mi)NI · 1526 ·/ · ETATIS · SVE · 57 ·" on top left, "AD" on upper right.
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