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Joachim's Offering Rejected by the High Priest - Albrecht Dürer
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Beschreibung
A detailed woodcut from Albrecht Dürer's Life of the Virgin series, depicting the rejection of Joachim's offering at the temple.
This woodcut belongs to the Life of the Virgin series, a collection of twenty prints produced by Albrecht Dürer between 1500 and 1511. The scene depicts a moment from the apocryphal narrative of Joachim, the father of the Virgin Mary, whose sacrifice at the temple is refused by the High Priest due to his childlessness. Dürer employs a sophisticated use of line to define the architectural space, the heavy folds of the garments, and the varied textures of the figures present.
The composition is anchored by the central altar, where the High Priest pushes away the lamb offered by Joachim. Dürer manages the crowd with precision, using cross-hatching to create depth and shadow within the interior of the temple. The arched stone structure above provides a sense of scale, while the hanging curtains introduce a domestic element to the sacred setting. The artist includes his characteristic monogram, the AD tablet, at the base of the altar, confirming his authorship of the block.
Technically, the work demonstrates the mastery of woodcut printing that Dürer brought to the medium. By varying the density of his lines, he achieves a tonal range that mimics the qualities of drawing. The figures are rendered with individualised expressions and postures, contributing to the narrative clarity of the scene. This print remains a primary example of the technical and stylistic advancements in German printmaking during the early sixteenth century. It offers a clear view into the artistic concerns of the period, where biblical and apocryphal stories were translated into accessible visual formats for a wider audience.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
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Joachim's Offering Rejected by the High Priest - Albrecht Dürer
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Ab £28.00 GBP
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Ab £28.00 GBP
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Albrecht Durer
Dürer brought the Italian Renaissance to northern Europe and took northern European printmaking to Italy. He went both ways. He visited Venice twice (1494-95 and 1505-07) and absorbed the colour, light, and anatomical precision of Bellini and Mantegna. He brought back a confidence in the human figure that German art had not previously possessed. In return, he showed the Venetians what could be done with a woodcut and an engraving burin.
He was born in Nuremberg, the son of a Hungarian goldsmith. He trained as a goldsmith himself before apprenticing with the painter and printmaker Michael Wolgemut. The metalwork training gave him the manual precision that made his prints extraordinary. Melencolia I, Knight, Death and the Devil, and Saint Jerome in His Study, all made between 1513 and 1514, are among the finest engravings ever produced. The density of cross-hatching, the control of tonal gradation, the rendering of fur, feathers, and stone: these are virtuoso performances in a medium that most artists treated as reproductive.
He drew a rhinoceros from a description and a sketch sent by letter. He had never seen one. Dürer's Rhinoceros (1515) is anatomically wrong in several respects (the animal has an extra horn and armour plating) but it remained the standard European image of a rhinoceros for three centuries.
He was one of the first artists to paint self-portraits as a primary subject. The Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight (1500) shows him facing the viewer directly, with long hair and a fur coat, in a pose traditionally reserved for Christ. It was either an act of supreme confidence or deliberate blasphemy. Probably both.
He was born in Nuremberg, the son of a Hungarian goldsmith. He trained as a goldsmith himself before apprenticing with the painter and printmaker Michael Wolgemut. The metalwork training gave him the manual precision that made his prints extraordinary. Melencolia I, Knight, Death and the Devil, and Saint Jerome in His Study, all made between 1513 and 1514, are among the finest engravings ever produced. The density of cross-hatching, the control of tonal gradation, the rendering of fur, feathers, and stone: these are virtuoso performances in a medium that most artists treated as reproductive.
He drew a rhinoceros from a description and a sketch sent by letter. He had never seen one. Dürer's Rhinoceros (1515) is anatomically wrong in several respects (the animal has an extra horn and armour plating) but it remained the standard European image of a rhinoceros for three centuries.
He was one of the first artists to paint self-portraits as a primary subject. The Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight (1500) shows him facing the viewer directly, with long hair and a fur coat, in a pose traditionally reserved for Christ. It was either an act of supreme confidence or deliberate blasphemy. Probably both.
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