Cleveland Museum of Art
The Crucifixion
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1497–98
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104117
From LinkedCulture
In the late 1490s, Albrecht Dürer carved something almost no printmaker had dared before, a woodcut dense with the grief and grandeur of a painted altarpiece. Christ hangs at the center beneath the INRI inscription, angels collecting his blood in chalices, while the Virgin collapses below and soldiers crowd the right. Every detail, from folded cloth to scattered bones at the foot of the cross, is built from nothing but lines cut into wood. This print helped transform woodcut from a crude popular craft into high art.
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What the image shows
A crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross surrounded by angels, mourners, and soldiers.
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- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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