Saint Paul
Primary
Albrecht Dürer
(Nuremberg, Germany, 1471–1528)
NationalityGerman, Europe
Date1514
MediumEngraving
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 50, Meder 47
DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in. (11.7 x 7.5 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in. (11.8 x 7.5 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in. (11.8 x 7.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.828
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.828
On View
Not on viewThis individual, full-length depiction of Saint Paul was part of an intended series of all twelve Apostles. The figure offers a variation on an austere, well-balanced and monumental figure similar to that of an antique philosopher. At the time, such a series was almost an obligatory endeavor for printmakers. Dürer, however, initiated the task later in his career and completed only five of the plates before his death.
Exhibitions
Albrecht Dürer
circa 1511
Object number: 2002.837
Albrecht Dürer
before 1498
Object number: 1996.288
Copy after Albrecht Dürer
after 1511
Object number: 2000.186
