Art Institute of Chicago
The Large Crucifixion
Wolfgang HuberLinkedCulture matchlcp-911b654b0b8a
- Date
- c. 1516
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 119372
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Wolfgang Huber was a member of the Danube School, innovative painters and printmakers of landscapes who were active around the Danube River in Austria and southern Germany in the early 16th century. This striking Crucifixion scene intersperses trees with the crosses at Calvary. The woodcut makes the landscape as important a character as Jesus, his mother, and the apostle John. The wind can be seen in the fluttering of Jesus’s loincloth and John’s garment, while the setting sun marks the end of Christ’s human life. Sunlight seamlessly glides down the Cross into the hills beyond, heightening the drama with impending darkness.
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- Through prior acquistions of the Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Jr. Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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