Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mocking of Christ
Albrecht Dürer
- Date
- 16th century
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A simple line from the Old Testament--there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness (Isaiah 53:2)--was seized upon to justify cruel acts of disfigurement in Passion writings. In this Mocking scene, Christ's oppressors all have some crude means of menacing him, including a screaming trumpet. The assaults were said to leave Christ unrecognizable, an idea suggested by the cloth over his face. Germany, Europe
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