Saint Eustace

ca. 1501

German, Nuremberg 1471-1528

An exhaustively detailed cataloguing of animals and plants contains a miracle that is easy to miss-a Roman general hunting a stag suddenly noticed a crucifix between its antlers and converted to Christianity on the spot. This is Dürer's largest and most ambitious engraving, embodying a conscious attempt to rival painting in scope and tonal detail as he works against the inherent linearity of the medium.

Engraving

13 15/16 x 10 1/8 in. (35.4 x 25.7 cm)

Manson F. Backus Memorial Collection

35.215

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Durer, Rembrandt, and Goya: Old Masters Prints from the Seattle Art Museum Collection", May 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 1/1/2002)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Five Installations on the Fourth Floor: Horses" (June 26, 1997)

Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1946, p. 26

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