Minneapolis Institute of Art
Agony in the Garden
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34
- Date
- 1508
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 47072
From LinkedCulture
In 1508, Albrecht Dürer fit an entire sacred drama into a space barely four and a half inches tall. Christ kneels with arms raised toward a radiant angel descending through parted clouds, while the three apostles slump in the rocky foreground, completely unaware. The cross-hatched line work captures draped robes, rough stone, and glowing light at a scale that seems almost impossible. This engraving is why collectors and artists across Europe studied Dürer's prints as the definitive proof of what a burin could do.
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Germany, Europe Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 2 13/16 in. (11.43 x 7.14 cm) (image)
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- Credit line
- The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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