Golgotha

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Golgotha

Lucas van LeydenLinkedCulture matchlcp-8d0271e29b67

Date
1517
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
57356

A prodigious talent, Lucas van Leyden took an original approach to storytelling in Golgotha. He inverted the action by placing the crucial event in back, and the more ordinary activities in front. His emphasis on humanity--a falconer and beggar share space with men gambling for Christ's garment--made the Crucifixion accessible, as did the contemporary dress. Yet the crowd's casualness is also disturbing. Lucas's approachable piety reflected the down-to-earth teachings of the Modern Devotion movement in the Netherlands, which called for daily dedication to the Passion. Europe

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Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926

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