Cleveland Museum of Art
The Small Passion: The Nativity
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- c. 1509–10
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany, late 15th-early 16th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 136353
From LinkedCulture
This nativity is where Albrecht Dürer chose to begin his entire Small Passion series, not with the crucifixion, but with the birth. Cut from wood and printed around 1509 to 1510 in Germany, the scene packs extraordinary detail into a small format, with rough timber beams overhead, Joseph reading quietly at the left, and a six-pointed star radiating light above the stable roof. Dürer's monogram sits in the lower right corner, a signature on one of the prints that helped define devotional art across northern Europe.
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The Adoration of the Magi depicted in a rustic barn setting.
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- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ehrenfest in memory of William J. Collins
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