List of woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer explained

The following is a list of woodcuts by the German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer.

Art catalogs

One of the earliest list of woodcuts by Dürer was assembled in 1808 by Adam Bartsch in his "Le Peintre Graveur" volume 7 and in the appendix. In 1862 Johann David Passavant expanded "Le Peintre Graveur" adding additional woodcuts. Bartsch and Passavant works, which were organized alphabetically, are the source of "B." and "P." numbers, referenced by all the later books.[1] [2] Another often cited reference is 1903 "Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the British Museum, Vol. 1" by Campbell Dodgson organized by date and often referenced using "C. D." numbers. In the list below numbers used in 1938 "Albrecht Dürer: Complete woodcuts" (German: Albrecht Dürer: Sämtliche Holzschnitte) by Otto Fischer were provided, as this book offers a catalog of most Dürer woodcuts printed in the original size.

List of woodcuts

Authorship of many woodcuts is uncertain, with different sources disagreeing if the woodcut was made by Dürer alone, with help of one of his students, or by one of his students with or without Dürer supervision. For some prints we also have only copies from late printings, which could be by Dürer or a copy of a lost print by him. The prints with uncertain authorship will be marked by a note below the title. The list below contains great majority of the prints which were included in one of the Dürer's catalogue raisonné indicated, even if the source was not certain of the authorship or considered it to be work of School of Dürer. The list below includes some woodcut illustrations from books by Dürer, but many more were omitted or included in latter sections.

ImageTitle
(Comments)
Catalogue raisonnéYearSeries
or Book
Other references
KurthBartsch[3] &<br/> Passavant[4] Dodgson[5] Fischer
Saint Jerome
22P. 246C. D. 111492
Christ on the Cross Between the Virgin and Saint John
(uncertain authorship)
852851493
Lamentation for the Dead Christ
(uncertain authorship)
873421495
Crucifixion
(uncertain authorship)
883431495
Martyrdom of St Sebastian
(uncertain authorship)
90P. 182C. D. 2345c. 1495
St. Christopher Crossing the Stream
(uncertain authorship)
91B. 1053461528
Syphilitic Man
(uncertain authorship)
922871496
Christ Crowned with Thorns
(uncertain authorship)
94289c. 1500Albertina Passion
Flagellation of Christ
(uncertain authorship)
95290c. 1494Albertina Passion
Christ bearing the cross
(uncertain authorship)
96291c. 1494Albertina Passion
Christ on the cross
(uncertain authorship)
97292c. 1494Albertina Passion
The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand
98B. 117C. D. 32c. 1496-1497
Hercules
99B. 127C. D. 53c. 1496
The Knight and the Landsknecht
100B. 131C. D. 64c. 1496-1497
The Men's Bath
101B. 128C. D. 45between 1496 and 1497
The Martyrdom of St Catherine
102B. 120C. D. 76c. 1497-1499
Samson Killing the Lion
103B. 2C. D. 87c. 1497-1498
The Holy Family with the Three Hares
104B. 102C. D. 98c. 1497-1498
Die heimlich offenbarung iohnis
1059between 1497 and 1498Apocalypse
Apocalipsis cum figuris
1498Apocalypse
The Martyrdom of St John
106B. 61C. D. 1010c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
Saint John's vision of the seven candlesticks
107B. 6211c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
Saint John kneeling before Christ and the twenty-four elders
108B. 6312c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse
109B. 64C. D. 1113c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The Opening of the fifth and sixth seals
110B. 6514c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
Four angels holding back the winds, and the marking of the elect
111B. 6615c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The Opening of the seventh seal and the eagle crying 'Woe'
112B. 6816c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The four angels of Death
113B. 6917c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
Saint John eating the book
114B. 7018c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The woman of the Apocalypse and the seven-headed dragon
115B. 7119c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon
116B. 7220c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The Beast with the lamb's horns and the beast with seven heads
117B. 74C. D. 1321c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The hymn in adoration of the lamb
118B. 6722c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The Whore of Babylon
119B. 73C. D. 1223c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
The Angel with the key of the bottomless pit
120B. 75C. D. 1424c. 1496-1498Apocalypse
Christ on the mount of olives
121B. 6C. D. 1525c. 1497-1500Great Passion
Flagellation of Christ
122B. 8C. D. 1626c. 1497Great Passion
Ecce Homo
123B. 9C. D. 1727between 1498 and 1499Great Passion
Christ bearing the cross
124B. 10C. D. 1828c. 1498-1499Great Passion
The Crucifixion
125B. 11C. D. 1929c. 1497-1498Great Passion
The Lamentation for Christ
126B. 12C. D. 2030c. 1498-1499Great Passion
The Entombment
127B. 13C. D. 2131c. 1497Great Passion
Illustration to Revelationes Sancte Birgitte
(uncertain authorship)
1393051500
Conrad Celtes presenting the book by Hrotsvitha to Friedrich III of Saxony
143P. 277C. D. 23321501
Hrotsvitha Presenting Her Book to the Emperor Otto I
144P. 277331501
Conrad Celtis Presenting His Book "Quatuor Libri Amorum" to Maximilian I
145B. 130P. 217361502
Philosophia
146B. 130P. 217C. D. 2437probably 1502
Saint Sebaldus standing on a column
169B. 20 (Appendice)C. D. 2234c. 1501
Ex libris of Willibald Pirckheimer
170B. 52 (Appendice)C. D. 2538
Astronomer
(uncertain authorship)
1713311504
Nude Woman with the Zodiac
(uncertain authorship)
1723301500s
Refusal of Joachim's Offer
175B. 77C. D. 3744c. 1504-1505Life of the Virgin
The Angel Appearing to Joachim
176B. 78C. D. 3845c. 1504Life of the Virgin
Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate
177B. 79C. D. 39461504Life of the Virgin
The Birth of the Virgin
178B. 80C. D. 4047c. 1503-1504Life of the Virgin
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
179B. 81C. D. 4148c. 1502-1503Life of the Virgin
Marriage of the Virgin
180B. 82C. D. 4249c. 1504-1505Life of the Virgin
The Annunciation
181B. 83C. D. 4350c. 1502-1504Life of the Virgin
The Visitation
182B. 84C. D. 4451c. 1504Life of the Virgin
The Nativity
183B. 85C. D. 4552c. 1502-1504Life of the Virgin
The Circumcision of Christ
184B. 86C. D. 4653c. 1504-1505Life of the Virgin
The Adoration of the Magi
185B. 87C. D. 4754c. 1501-1503Life of the Virgin
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
186B. 88C. D. 4855c. 1504-1505Life of the Virgin
The Flight into Egypt
187B. 89C. D. 4956c. 1504Life of the Virgin
The Rest during the Flight to Egypt
188B. 90C. D. 5057c. 1504Life of the Virgin
Christ among the Doctors in the Temple
189B. 91C. D. 5158c. 1503-1504Life of the Virgin
Christ Taking Leave of his Mother
190B. 92C. D. 5259c. 1504-1505Life of the Virgin
The Virgin Worshipped by Angels and Saints
191B. 95C. D. 5360c. 1504Life of the Virgin
Calvary with the Three Crosses
192B. 59C. D. 2640c. 1504-1505
The Holy Family with Two Angels in a Vaulted Hall
193B. 100C. D. 2735c. 1504
Saint Christopher
194B. 104C. D. 3239c. 1503-1504
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
195B. 110C. D. 3341from 1503 until 1504
Saint John and Saint Onuphrius
196B. 112C. D. 3042c. 1504
The Hermits St Anthony and St Paul
197B. 107C. D. 3143c. 1504
Saint George Killing the Dragon
198B. 111C. D. 3661between 1501 and 1504
The Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalene
199B. 121C. D. 2962c. 1504-1505
The Holy Family with Five Angels
200B. 99C. D. 28631500s
Saints Stephen, Sixtus and Lawrence
201B. 108C. D. 3464c. 1504-1505
Saints Nicholas, Ulrich and Erasmus
202B. 118C. D. 35651500s
The First Knot
203B. 140C. D. 5466probably between 1506 and 1507Six knots
The Second Knot
B. 141C. D. 55probably between 1506 and 1507Six knots
The Third Knot
B. 142C. D. 56probably between 1506 and 1507Six knots
The Fourth Knot
204B. 143C. D. 5767probably between 1506 and 1507Six knots
The Fifth Knot
205B. 144C. D. 5868probably between 1506 and 1507Six knots
The Sixth Knot
206B. 145C. D. 5969probably between 1506 and 1507Six knots
Coat of arms of Michel Beheim
207B. 159C. D. 10170c. 1520
Crest of the Scheurl and Tucher families
(uncertain authorship)
P. 214C. D. 421512
Job in his sickness being scourged by the devil
(uncertain authorship)
B. 2 (Appendice) / P. 222C. D. 348.11509
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John
208B. 55C. D. 97721510
Schoolmaster
209B. 133C. D. 99711510
Death and the Lansquenet
210B. 132C. D. 98731510
King David does repentance
211B. 119C. D. 100741510
The Beheading of St John the Baptist
212B. 125C. D. 108751510
Revelation of Saint John
213B. 60C. D. 11377between 1510 and 1511Apocalypse
The Man of Sorrows Mocked by a Soldier
214B. 4C. D. 11278probably 1511Great Passion
Last Supper
215B. 5C. D. 102791510Great Passion
Christ taken captive
216B. 7C. D. 103801510Great Passion
Christ in Limbo
217B. 14C. D. 104811510Great Passion
The Resurrection of Christ
218B. 15C. D. 105821510Great Passion
The Madonna on the Crescent
219B. 76C. D. 11183between 1510 and 1511Life of the Virgin
The Death of the Virgin
220B. 93C. D. 106841510Life of the Virgin
The Coronation of the Virgin
221B. 94C. D. 107851510Life of the Virgin
Frontispice
222B. 16C. D. 110861511Small Passion
The Fall of Man
223B. 17C. D. 6188c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Expulsion from the Paradise
224B. 18C. D. 62871510Small Passion
The Annunciation
225B. 19C. D. 6389c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Nativity
226B. 20C. D. 6490c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ taking leave of his mother
227B. 21C. D. 6591c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ's entry into Jerusalem
228B. 22C. D. 6692c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ driving the merchants from the Temple
229B. 23C. D. 6793c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Last Supper
230B. 24C. D. 6894c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ washing Peter's feet
231B. 25C. D. 6995c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ on the mount of olives
232B. 26C. D. 7096c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ taken captive
233B. 27C. D. 7197c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ before Annas
234B. 28C. D. 7298c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ before Caiaphas
235B. 29C. D. 7399c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Mocking of Christ
236B. 30C. D. 74100c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ before Pilate
237B. 31C. D. 75101c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ before Herod
238B. 32C. D. 761021509Small Passion
The Flagellation
239B. 33C. D. 77103c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ being crowned with thorns
240B. 34C. D. 78104c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ shown to the people
241B. 35C. D. 79105c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Pilate washing his hands
242B. 36C. D. 80106c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ bearing the Cross
243B. 37C. D. 811071509Small Passion
The Sudarium of St Veronica
244B. 38C. D. 821081509Small Passion
Christ being nailed to the Cross
245B. 39C. D. 83109c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ on the Cross
246B. 40C. D. 84110c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ in Limbo
247B. 41C. D. 85111c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Descent from the Cross
248B. 42C. D. 86112c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Lamentation for Christ
249B. 43C. D. 87113c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Entombment
250B. 44C. D. 88114c. 1509-1510Small Passion[6]
The Resurrection
251B. 45C. D. 89115c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ appears to his mother
252B. 46C. D. 90116c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ appears to Mary Magdalene
253B. 47C. D. 91117c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ and the disciples at Emmaus
254B. 48C. D. 92118c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Incredulity of St Thomas
255B. 49C. D. 93119c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Ascension
256B. 50C. D. 94120c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
257B. 51C. D. 95121c. 1509-1510Small Passion
The Last Judgment
258B. 52C. D. 96122c. 1509-1510Small Passion
Christ on the Mount of Olives
259B. 54C. D. 60123c. 1509-1510
Herod with the head of the Baptist
260B. 126C. D. 109761511
Cain Killing Abel
261B. 1C. D. 1141241511
The Adoration of the Magi
262B. 3C. D. 1151251511
The Mass of Saint Gregory
263B. 123C. D. 1171261511
The Trinity
264B. 122C. D. 1161271511
Saint Christopher
265B. 103C. D. 1211281511
Saint Jerome in His Cell
266B. 114C. D. 1181291511
The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree
267B. 96C. D. 1191301511
The Holy Family with Two Music-Making Angels
268B. 97C. D. 1201311511
Saint Jerome in a Cave
269B. 113C. D. 1221321512
Border with Putti Holding the Pirckheimer Arms
270P. 205133probably 1513
Border - with The Baptism of Christ
(uncertain authorship)
B. 30 (Appendice)C. D. 11before 1517
The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels above a Landscape
271P. 177134c. 1515
Triumphal Arch
273B. 138C. D. 130135-1541515Triumphal Procession
Upper part of the middle gateway of the Triumphal Arch
2741515Triumphal Arch
Pedestal of the right hand middle column of the Triumphal Arch
2761515Triumphal Arch
Base of the right hand middle column of the Triumphal Arch
2771515Triumphal Arch
Continuation of the base of the right hand middle column of the Triumphal Arch
2791411515Triumphal Arch
Base of the right hand corner column of the Triumphal Arch
2811431515Triumphal Arch
Inscription tablet with the stag's skin from the uppermost section of the right wing of the Triumphal Arch
2841461515Triumphal Arch
Griffin at the uppermost section of the right hand corner column of the Triumphal Arch
2861481515Triumphal Arch
The Betrothal of Maximilian with Mary of Burgundy
2871511515Triumphal Arch
The Betrothal of Philip the Fair with Joan of Castile
2881491515Triumphal Arch
Printed text for "The Betrothal of Philip the Fair with Joan of Castile"
1515Triumphal Arch
The Betrothal of Maximilian with Mary of Burgundy
1515Triumphal Arch
Printed text for "The Betrothal of Maximilian with Mary of Burgundy"
1515Triumphal Arch
The Vienna double wedding
2891501515Triumphal Arch
The meeting after the Battle of the Spurs
2901521515Triumphal Arch
The sacred coat of Tier
2911531515Triumphal Arch
Fourth set of the Busts of Emperors of the Triumphal Arch
2921541515Triumphal Arch
The Austrian Saints
(uncertain authorship)
293B. 116C. D. 1293351515
Johann Stabius as the Holy Coloman
294B. 1061551513
The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe
295B. 151C. D. 1271561515
The Southern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe
296B. 152C. D. 1281571515
The Stabius World Map
297-298P. 201C. D. 126158-1591515
The Stabius World Map (left)
297P. 201C. D. 1261581515The Stabius World Map
The Stabius World Map (right)
298P. 201C. D. 1261591515The Stabius World Map
Rhinoceros
299B. 136C. D. 1251601515
The owl in fight with other birds
(uncertain authorship)
300336
Virgin with Carthusian monks
(uncertain authorship)
301P. 180C. D. 1241515
Christ on the Cross
302B. 56C. D. 1381611516
Exlibris of Hieronymus Ebner
303B. 45 (Appendice)C. D. 1371621516
The Great Column
B. 1291517
The "Scharfrennen"
P. 288C. D. 1311526
The "Anzogen-Rennen"
304B. 36 (Appendice)P. 289C. D. 1321631526
Italian Joust of Peace Between Jacob de Heere and Freydal, Woodcut for Freydal
305P. 290C. D. 133164probably 1526
Masquerade Dance with Torches
306B. 38 (Appendice)P. 292C. D. 135165probably 1516
The Virgin Surrounded by Many Angels
307B. 101C. D. 1391661518
Saint Sebald in the Niche
308B. 21 (Appendice)1671518
The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage
309-311B. 229C. D. 136168-1701510sTriumphal Procession
The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage (left part)
309B. 2291681510sThe Small Triumphal Car
The Small Triumphal Car or the Burgundian Marriage (right part)
311B. 2291701510sThe Small Triumphal Car
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I
312-317B. 139C. D. 145171-1761523Triumphal Procession
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 1 of 8]
312B. 1391711523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 2 of 8]
314B. 1391731523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 3 of 8]
315B. 1391741523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 7 of 8]
316B. 1391751523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 4 of 8]
B. 1391523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 5 of 8]
B. 1391523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 6 of 8]
B. 1391523
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) [plate 8 of 8]
317B. 1391761523
Emperor Maximilian I
318B. 154C. D. 140177c. 1518
Emperor Maximilian I
(uncertain authorship)
B. 153C. D. 1411519
Coat of arms of von Rogendorff
3191781520
Coat of arms of Laurenz Staiber
320B. 167179probably between 1520 and 1521
Coat of arms with Three Lions' Heads
321B. 169180c. 1520
Coat of arms of Johann Stabius
322B. 1661811510s
Coat of arms of Johann Tscherte
323B. 170C. D. 1431821520s
Coat of arms of Don Pedro Lasso de Castilla
324P. 216183c. 1521
Coat of arms of the German Empire and Nuremberg City
325B. 162C. D. 1441841521
Ulrich Varnbuler
326B. 155C. D. 1461851522
Coat of arms of the House of Dürer
327B. 160C. D. 1471861523
The Last Supper
328B. 53C. D. 1481871523
Christ on the Cross with Three Angels
329B. 581881523
Time and a Fox Turning the Wheel of Fortune with People of all Ranks to the Right
(uncertain authorship)
331B. 34 (Appendice)C. D. 149338probably 1526
Justice, Truth and Reason in the Stocks with the Seated Judge and Sleeping Piety
(uncertain authorship)
332B. 34 (Appendice)C. D. 149339probably 1526
The Teacher, the Clergyman, and Providence
(uncertain authorship)
B. 34 (Appendice)C. D. 149probably 1526
The Armillary Sphere
333P. 2021901525
Monument to Commemorate a Victory
3341911525
Monument to a Dead Drunkard
3351921525
Monument to the Vanquished Peasants
3361931525
Man painting a portrait
337B. 146C. D. 1501941525
Man drawing a lute
338B. 147C. D. 1511951525
Draughtsman drawing a vase
339B. 148C. D. 1521961525
Draughtsman Drawing a Recumbent Woman
340B. 149C. D. 1531971525
The Holy Family on a Grassy Bench
(uncertain authorship)
341B. 98C. D. 1543401526
Helius Eobanus Hessus
(uncertain authorship)
3423411526
The Arms of Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Bohemia
343P. 210C. D. 1551981527
Siege of a Fortress
344-345B. 137C. D. 156199-2001527
Siege of a Fortress: Left Portion
344B. 137C. D. 1561991527Siege of a Fortress
Siege of a Fortress: Right Portion
345B. 137C. D. 1562001527Siege of a Fortress
Saint Jerome
B. 115between 1500 and 1515

Illustrations from Books

Ritter von Turn (1493)

Set of 45 illustrations from "Ritter von Turn" or "The Book of the Knight of the Tower" published in 1493, which are attributed to Dürer.

The Comedie of Terence (ca. 1493)

List of illustrations from "The Comedie of Terence" published around 1493, which are attributed to Dürer.

Ship of Fools (1494)

List of illustrations from the book "Ship of Fools", which are attributed to Dürer.

Salus anime (1503)

Set of 63 illustrations from the book "Salus anime", which are attributed to Dürer.[7] [8]

Four Books on Human Proportion (1528)

Among his many manuscripts Durer, along with his wife Agnes and friend Willibald Pirckheimer (posthumously) published "Four Books on Human Proportion". Many of Durer's handmade drawings were drawn on a grid to help him simplify the proportions of people in motion.[9]

Illustrations from the book Four Books on Human Proportion (German: Vier Bücher von Menschlicher Proportion).

See also

Additional Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hind . Arthur Mayger . Arthur Mayger Hind . Albrecht Dürer, his engravings and woodcuts . 1911 . . New York .
  2. (PDF)
  3. Book: Bartsch . Adam . Le peintre graveur, Volume 7 . 1808 . Degen . Vienna . 5–197 . French . Albert Durer.
  4. Book: Passavant . Johann David . Johann David Passavant . Le peintre-graveur. Tome troisième . 1862 . Rudolph Weigel . Leipzig . 144–226 . French . Albert Durer.
  5. (PDF)
  6. Web site: Exchange: The Entombment from "The Small Woodcut Passion". 2020-12-10. exchange.umma.umich.edu.
  7. Web site: Salus anime. Library of Congress. 9 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Saint Apollonia . www.nga.gov . 9 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Albrecht Dürer: Four Books on Human Proportion (1532-1534). The Morgan Library.