The Holy Trinity

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Holy Trinity

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

From the Cleveland Museum of Art record

The Holy Trinity represents the pinnacle of Dürer's achievement in woodcut. Using a system of parallel lines, crosshatching, and dashes of varying densities, he attained a wide range of tone and an extremely subtle representation of three-dimensional forms and spatial depth. In addition, he utilized white areas of the paper to heighten parts of the composition for an intensely dramatic effect.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
Gift of the President and Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
1511

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From LinkedCulture

This 1511 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer shows God the Father, crowned in a papal tiara, holding the crucified Christ while the dove of the Holy Spirit descends above them and angels crowd the surrounding clouds. Dürer built up dense crosshatching for deep shadow, then let the raw white paper blaze as pure light, a range of tone woodcut was never thought capable of before. It stands as the pinnacle of his achievement in the medium, proving that woodcut could rival painting itself.

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A religious figure is seated on a throne surrounded by angels and a dove, with a crown and scepter in hand.

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Object ID
108376
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Germany
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
woodcut
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of the President and Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Date
1511
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1511
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1511
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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