ALBERT DÜRER’S CHIEF PAINTINGS
NOW IN EXISTENCE, WITH THE DATES OF THEIR EXECUTION,
AND THEIR PRESENT LOCATIONS.
***The interrogation-mark is annexed to the titles of certain paintings which two or more critics regard as of doubtful authenticity.
GERMANY.
Nuremberg.—Germanic Museum,—Emperor Maximilian; Burgomaster Holzschuher, 1526. St. Maurice Gallery,—Pietà; Ecce Homo. Rath-Haus,—Emperor Sigismund(?); Charlemagne(?).
Munich Pinakothek.—Baumgärtner Altar-piece, 1513; Suicide of Lucretia, 1518; Albert Dürer, 1500; Oswald Krell, 1499; Michael Wohlgemuth, 1516; Albert Dürer the Elder, 1497; the Nativity; Sts. Paul and Mark, 1526; Sts. Peter and John, 1526; a Knight in Armor(?); Sts. Joachim and Joseph, 1523; St. Simeon and Bishop Lazarus, 1523; Death of the Virgin; a Young Man, 1500; Pietà(?); Mater Dolorosa.
Dresden Museum.—Christ Bearing the Cross; the Crucifixion; a Hare; Lucas van Leyden; Madonna and Saints (?).
Cologne.—Museum,—Drummer and Piper; Madonna (?). Church of Sta. Maria im Capitol,—Death of the Virgin.
Frankfort.—Municipal Gallery,—Two portraits. Städel Institute,—Catherine Fürleger; Albert Dürer the Elder.
Cassel.—Friedrich Museum,—The Passion. Bellevue,—Erasmus of Rotterdam.
Pommersfelden.—Jacob Müffel.
Lustschena (Baron Speck).—A Young Lady.
Aschaffenburg.—Albert Dürer.
Augsburg.—Two Masques. Several others in the Castle of Stolzenfels.
AUSTRIA.
Vienna.—Belvedere,—Emperor Maximilian, 1519; Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand Christians, 1508; Madonna, 1506; Adoration of the Magi, 1504; Madonna, 1503; Adoration of the Holy Trinity, 1511; Madonna; Young Man, 1507; Johann Kleeberger, 1526; and others not definitely authenticated. The Albertina,—Emperor Maximilian, Green Passion, and 160 drawings. Czernin Palace,—Portrait. The old Ambraser, Lichtenstein, and Von Lamberg collections included four portraits and two religious pictures. St. Wolfgang’s Church, Upper Austria,—Death of the Virgin.
Pesth.—Christ on the Cross.
Prague.—Strahow Abbey,—The Feast of Rose Garlands.
NORTHERN EUROPE.
St. Petersburg.—Hermitage Palace,—Christ Led to Calvary; Christ Bearing the Cross; the Elector of Saxony.
Hague Museum.—Two portraits.
Belœil (Prince de Ligne),—Two pictures.
Basle Museum (Switzerland).—Two pictures.
Coire Cathedral,—Christ Bearing the Cross.
ITALY.
Florence.—Uffizi Gallery,—Adoration of the Magi, 1504; Madonna, 1526; Dürer’s Father, 1490; Apostle Philip, 1516; St. James the Great, 1516; Albert Dürer, 1498; Ecce Homo (?); Nativity (?); Pietà (?). Pitti Palace,—Adam and Eve (replica).
Rome.—Barberini Palace,—Christ among the Doctors, 1506. Borghese Palace,—Louis VI. of Bavaria; Pirkheimer, 1505; and five pictures of dubious authenticity. Corsini Palace,—A Hare; Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg. Doria Palace,—St. Eustace (?); Ecce Homo (?). Sciarra-Colonna Palace,—Death of the Virgin.
Milan.—Casa Trivulzi,—Ecce Homo, 1514. Ambrosiana,—Coronation of the Virgin, 1510. Bergamo Academy,—Christ Bearing the Cross. Brescia Gallery,—Drawings.
Venice.—Manfrini Palace,—Adoration of the Shepherds; Holy Family.
Naples.—Santangelo,—Garland-Bearer, 1508. Museum,—Nativity, 1512. Villafranca Palace,—Christ on the Cross.
SPAIN.
Madrid.—Museum,—Albert Dürer, 1498; Dürer’s Father; Adam and Eve. Marquis of Salamanca,—Altar-piece, a Passion scene.
FRANCE.
Besançon Museum,—Christ on the Cross. Lyons,—Madonna and Child Giving Roses to Maximilian (?).
GREAT BRITAIN.
National Gallery,—A Senator, 1514. Stafford House, Death of the Virgin. Hampton-Court Palace,—Young Man, 1506; St. Jerome (?). Buckingham Palace,—Virgin and Child. Rev. J. F. Russell,—Crucifixion; Christ’s Farewell to Mary (?). Thirlestaine House,—Maximilian. Kensington Palace,—Young Man. New Battle House,—Madonna and Angels. Belvoir Castle,—Portrait. Sion House,—Dürer’s Father. Mr. Wynn Ellis, London,—Catherine Fürleger; Virgin and Child. FitzWilliam Museum, Cambridge,—Annunciation (?). Windsor Castle,—Pirkheimer. Bath House,—Man in Armor. Howard Castle,—Vulcan; Adam and Eve; Abraham and Isaac.
***The latest of the lists of Dürer’s paintings, compiled by Mr. W. B. Scott in 1870, enumerates the following collections, long since dispersed, with the dates when they were cataloged: 11 pictures at Aix, in 1822; 2 at Anspach, 1816; 5 at Augsburg, 1822; 10 at Bamberg, 1821; 2 at Banz, 1814; 4 at Berlin, 1822; 3 at Blankenberg, 1817; 3 at Bologna, 1730; 3 at Breslau, 1741; 6 at Brussels, 1811. Many of these cannot now be located, the collections having been broken up.