Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed

Ernst Joachim Förster, artist

1800–1885

Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed, mid 1800s

Where object was made: Germany

Material/technique: paper; pencil

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 25.4 x 17.3 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10 x 6 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund

Accession number: 1976.0037

Not on display

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Archive Label 2003:
In 1828 a Dürerfest was held in Nuremberg commemorating the 300th anniversary of Dürer’s death. The centerpiece for this event was a painted cycle of mock stained-glass paintings, Transparentgemälde, showing scenes of Dürer’s life. We can get a sense of these from Förster’s study for one of them, the Death of Dürer’s Mother (based in part on Dürer’s woodcut of the Death of the Virgin).