Minneapolis Institute of Art
Man of Sorrows by the Column
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34
- Date
- 1509
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 47071
From LinkedCulture
In 1509, Albrecht Dürer engraved Christ standing, eyes open, crowned with thorns and gripping a reed sceptre, his wounds fully visible, neither fully dead nor alive. Behind him, a fluted column and trailing rope anchor the scene, while two grieving figures below look up in anguish. Dürer's dense crosshatching gives the body a sculptural, almost physical weight. This print matters because it collapses the distance between a divine moment in history and the personal conscience of whoever stands before it.
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From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
To make Christ's persecution real and present, pictures began to show the resurrected figure dead yet alive--standing, eyes usually open, and displaying the wounds of the Crucifixion. Beholders were meant to understand that Christ's Passion was ongoing, forever requiring their ardent devotion. This Man of Sorrows is timeless yet palpable, a figure who is at once divine and convincingly human. Germany, Europe
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- Credit line
- The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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