List of woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer

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. 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.

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.

• Frontiscipe of The Ship of fools
• Of Negligent Fathers Ayenst Their Children
• Of Taleberers And Mouers Of Debate
• Of Vngoodly Maners, And Dysordred
• Of Dispysers Of Holy Scripture
• Of Disordred And Venerious Loue
• Of Them That Synne Trustynge Vpon The Mercy Of Almyghty God
• Of Folys Yt Begyn Great Byldynge Without Sufficient Prouysion
• Of Them That Correct Other, Them Self Culpable In The Same Faut
• The Sermon
• Of Negligent Stodyers
• Of Lewde Juges Of Others Dedes
• Of Synners That Prolonge From Daye To Day To Amende Theyr Myslyuyng
• Of Men That Ar Jelous
• Of Suche As Nedys Wyll Contynue In Theyr Foly Nat Withstandynge Holsom Erudicion
• Of Wrathfull Folys
• Of The Mutabylyte Of Fortune
• Of Seke Men Inobedient
• Of To Open Councellers
• Of Folys That Can Nat Be Ware By Ye Mysfortune Nor Take Example Of Others Damage
• Of Folys That Force Or Care For The Bacbytynge Of Lewde People
• Of Mockers And Fals Accusers
• Of Them That Despyse Euerlastynge Blys For Worldly Thynges And Transitory
• Of Talkers And Makers Of Noyse In The Chirche Of God
• Of Folys That Put Them Self In Wylful Ieopardy And Peryll
• Of The Way Of Felycyte, And Godnes And The Payne To Come To Synners
• Of Bodely Lust Or Corporall Voluptuosyte
• Of Yonge Folys That Take Olde Wymen To Theyr Wyues Nat For Loue But For Ryches
• Of Enuyous Folys
• Of Impacient Folys Disdaynynge To Abyde And Suffer Correccion, For Theyr Profyte
• Of Folysshe Fesicians Vsynge Theyr Practyke Without Speculacyon
• Of Predestinacyon
• Of Folys That Aply Other Mennys Besynes Leuynge Theyr Owne Vndone
• Of The Vyce Of Ingratytude Or Vnkyndnes And Folys That Vse It
• Of Folys That Delyte Them In Daunsynge
• Of Nyght Watchers
• Of The Vanyte Of Beggers
• Of Ye Vayne Cure Of Astronomy
• Of Folys Yet Stryue Agaynst Theyr Betters Nat Wyllynge To Se Theyr Foly
• Of Folys That Can Nat Vnderstande Sport And Yet Wyll Haue To Do With Folys
• Of Folys That Hurte Euery Man Nat Wyllynge To Be Hurt Agayne
• Of Folys Improuyndent
• Or Vyle Langage
• Of The Abusion Of Ye Spiritualte
• Of The Extorcion Of Men Of Warre, Scrybes And Other Offycers
• Of The Foly Of Cokes, Butlers, And Other Oflycers Of Housholde
• Of The Pryde Of Churles And Rude Men Of The Countrey
• Of Nat Folowers Of Good Counsel
• Of Folys That Despyse Deth And Make No Prouysyon Therfore
• Of Folys That Despyse God
• Of The Plage And Indignacyon Of God
• Of Folysshe Exchaunges
• Of Children That Dysdayne To Honoure And Worshyp Theyr Parentis
• Of Claterynge And Vayne Langage Vsyd Of Prestes And Clerkes In The Quere
• Of The Elacion Or Bostynge Of Pryde
• Of Vsures And Okerers
• Of The Vayne Hope That Folys Haue To Succede To Herytage Of Men Yet Lyuynge
• Of Folys That Gyue And That After Repent Of That They Haue Gyuen
• Of Flaterers And Glosers
• Of Taleberers And Folys Of Lyght Credence Vnto The Same
• Of Marchauntis And Other Occupyers That Vse Falshode And Gyle
• Of The Falshode Of Antichrist
• Of Hym That Dare Nat Vtter The Trouthe For Fere Of Displeasour
• Of Suche As Withdrawe And Let Other From Good Dedes
• Of Leuyng Gode Warkes Vndone
• Of The Rewarde Of Wysdom
• Of Bacbyters Of Good Workes And Ayenst Suche As Shall Dysprayse This Boke
• The Vnyuersall Shyp Of Craftysmen Or Laborers
• Of Blasphemers Of God
• A Rehersinge Of Dyuers Sortes Of Folys Oppressyd With Theyr Owne Foly
• Of Folys That Stryue In The Lawe For Thynges Of Small Valour
• Of Glotons, And Droncardes
• The Folly

Salus anime (1503)

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

• Saint Apollonia
• Saint Erasmus
• Saint Odilia
• Saint Roch
• Saint Leonard
• Saint Matthias
• Saint Wolfgang
• Apostle Andrew
• Apostle James Major
• Apostle James Minor
• Apostle Matthew
• Apostle Peter
• Apostle Simon
• Apostle Thomas
• Apostle Judas
• John the Evangelist
• Saint Christopher
• Saint George and the Dragon
• Saint Martin
• Saint Anthony
• Saint Barbara
• Saint Brigitta
• Saint Dominic
• Saint Helena
• Saint Margaret
• Saint Sebastian
• Saint Veronica
• Saint Michael
• Annunciation
• Nativity
• Adoration of the Shepherds
• Adoration of the kings
• The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child with Four Angels
• Crucifixion
• The Lamentation
• Resurrection
• Mass of Saint Gregory
• Evening Prayer

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.

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

See also

• List of engravings by Albrecht Dürer
• List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer

Additional Sources

• Borer (Alain) & Bon (Cécile). L'oeuvre Graphique De Albrecht Dürer. Hubschmid & Bouret. 1980.