The Mass of Saint Gregory

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Mass of Saint Gregory

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While celebrating Mass in Rome, Pope Gregory the Great reportedly saw Christ miraculously rise above a sarcophagus, accompanied by symbols of the Passion. This legend gave birth to the Gregorian Man of Sorrows. With an eye to naturalism, Albrecht Dürer leaned a small devotional picture against the altar, perhaps to model for the viewer how contemplation can lead to visualization. Germany, Europe

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Dated
1511
Artist
Albrecht Dürer
Department
European Art
Credit
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1927
Medium
Woodcut

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A pope kneels at the altar, and Christ himself rises from the sarcophagus above it, surrounded by the instruments of the Passion. Albrecht Dürer captured this legendary vision of Pope Gregory the Great in a 1511 woodcut, rendered with extraordinary precision in black and white. Look closely at the altar base, where a small devotional picture leans against it, a detail Dürer added to suggest that deep contemplation of an image can itself conjure a vision. That idea made this print radical, and unforgettable.

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Object ID
47602
Object Type
Prints
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Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
Medium
Woodcut
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
Department
European Art
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Credit Line
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1927
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
Date
1511
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · copied as is
Begin Year
1511
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End Year
1511
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