Cleveland Museum of Art
Christ before Caiaphas
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1512
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 102531
From LinkedCulture
A chained Christ faces his accuser in a scene so charged with tension it feels less like a print and more like a window into a real trial. Albrecht Dürer engraved this in Germany in 1512, part of his celebrated Engraved Passion series, and every detail rewards close attention, from the cold gleam of the soldiers' armor to the accusatory finger of Caiaphas raised from his throne at right. Dürer proved here that a small engraving, worked with a handheld burin, could match painting in its psychological and descriptive power.
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A group of men in medieval attire is gathered around a seated figure in ornate clothing.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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