Cleveland Museum of Art
Life of the Virgin: Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1504–1505
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany, early 16th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104141
From LinkedCulture
This woodcut captures a moment the Gospels never actually describe, Christ's private farewell to his mother before the Passion. Made by Albrecht Dürer between 1504 and 1505, it shows the kneeling Virgin supported by two companions, her grief spelled out in cascading drapery, while Christ stands staff in hand, turning toward her one last time. Dürer's fine cross-hatching and parallel lines give the scene a tonal depth that proved woodcuts could carry real artistic ambition.
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- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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