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Corpus

ca. 1530
Not on view
Scholars are divided as to whether this work dates from the transition from Late Gothic to Renaissance style in Dürer's day or to the seventeenth-century revival of interest in his work.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Corpus
  • Date: ca. 1530
  • Culture: probably German, Bavarian
  • Medium: Limewood, polychromed
  • Dimensions: Height: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.1555
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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