Cleveland Museum of Art
The Entombment
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1512
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 102541
From LinkedCulture
In 1512, Albrecht Dürer packed so many grieving figures around Christ's body that the image itself feels like it cannot breathe. His engraving from the Engraved Passion series uses dense layers of crosshatching to give flesh, fabric, and stone an almost sculptural weight, with bearers visibly straining under the burden. At the center, a veiled Virgin stands with hands clasped, surrounded by mourning women pressed impossibly close. This small print proved that engraving could achieve an emotional and technical depth that no woodcut of the era could rival.
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A group of people dressed in medieval attire are gathered around a central figure who appears to be receiving something from another individual.
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- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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