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Title page. Small Passion is a series of 36 woodcuts and a frontispiece by Albrecht Dürer. [1] One of the best surviving sets is now in the British Museum in London. [2] It was produced in 1511 as a new set of works on Biblical themes and the life and Passion of Christ (its title distinguishes it from his earlier Great Passion) in 1511, the same year as he republished earlier works such as ...
Great Passion is a 1497–1510 series of eleven woodcuts plus a frontispiece by Albrecht Dürer. Its title distinguishes it from his later Small Passion . One of the best surviving sets is now in the Albertina in Vienna.
Albrecht Dürer produced a total of three print cycles of the Passion of Christ: large (7 scenes before 1500, with a further 5 in 1510) and small (36 scenes in 1510) cycles in woodcut, [14] and one in engraving (16 scenes, 1507–1512). [15] These were distributed all over Europe, and often used as patterns by less ambitious painters.
Dürer was born on 21 May 1471, the third child and second son of Albrecht Dürer the Elder and Barbara Holper, who married in 1467. [5] [6] Albrecht Dürer the Elder (originally Albrecht Ajtósi) was a successful goldsmith who by 1455 had moved to Nuremberg from Ajtós, near Gyula in Hungary. [7]
Small Passion: The Fall of Man: 223 B. 17 C. D. 61 88 c. 1509-1510 Small Passion: Expulsion from the Paradise: 224 B. 18 C. D. 62 87 1510 Small Passion: The Annunciation: 225 B. 19 C. D. 63 89 c. 1509-1510 Small Passion: The Nativity: 226 B. 20 C. D. 64 90 c. 1509-1510 Small Passion: Christ taking leave of his mother: 227 B. 21 C. D. 65 91 c ...
The main light source is not evident in the painting but comes from the upper left; the lesser light source is the lantern held by the man at the right (believed to be a self-portrait of Caravaggio; also, presumably, representing St Peter, who would first betray Jesus by denying him, and then go on to bring the light of Christ to the world). At ...
Pages in category "Prints by Albrecht Dürer" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Small Passion; T. Triumphal Arch (woodcut) V.
Jesus Child as Redeemer: 1493 dm [11] Bodycolor and gold on parchment: 11.8 × 9.3: Vienna, Albertina 11 Lion: 1494 dm [12] Bodycolor, watercolor on parchment: 12.6 × 17.2: Hamburg, Kunsthalle : 12 Virgin and Child before an Archway (Bagnacavallo Madonna) c. 1495 — Oil on panel: 47.8 × 36.5: Mamiano di Traversetolo near Parma, Magnani-Rocca ...