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Christ Bearing the Cross,
ca. 1498–99
Albrecht Dürer, 1471–1528; born and died Nuremberg, Germany; active Venice, Italy, and Nuremburg
x1946-222
Although he considered himself a painter first and foremost, Dürer acquired fame and fortune through his prints. He created several highly influential printed versions of the Passion narrative, in which he brought new life to the traditional imagery of Jesus’s torture and execution through expressive lines and a gift for storytelling. This woodcut and the one nearby belong to Dürer’s Large Passion series, which he completed in 1510 and published in book form the following year. Here Dürer places the figure of Christ, who has fallen under the weight of the cross, in the midst of frenzied attackers, compassionate followers, and a scampering dog. Saint Veronica, the kneeling woman on the left, is about to offer her cloth to wipe Christ’s face, while a soldier on the right confronts us with his gaze.
Information
Title
Christ Bearing the Cross
Dates
ca. 1498–99
Maker
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
block (sheet trimmed to block): 38.9 × 28.3 cm (15 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1946-222
Place Made
Europe, Germany, Nuremburg
Inscription
Monogram in block, lower center: AD
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector George M. La Monte's stamp: (Lugt 1181c)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 10; Dodgson 19; Hollstein 119; Meder 119; Schoch 160
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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Campbell Dodgson, Albrecht Dürer (London: Medici Society, 1926).
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- Valentin Scherer and Friedrich Winkler ed., Dürer, des Meisters Gemälde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte (Stuttgart: Deutsche verlags-anstalt, 1928)., p. 223
- Joseph Meder, Dürer-Katalog, ein handbuch über Albrecht Dürers stiche, radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren zustände, ausgaben und wasserzeichen (Vienna: Gilhofer & Rauschburg, 1932)., nos. 125–161
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F.W.H. Hollstein, “Dürer,” German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1962).
- Charles Ilsley Minott, "Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works" Record of the Art Museum 30, no. 2 (1971): 7-27, p. 18
- "Catalogue of the Exhibition" and "Plates," Record of the Art Musuem 30, no. 2 (1971): 29-60, p. 33, no. 47, p. 59 (illus.)
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Rainer Schoch, Matthias Mende, and Anna Scherbaum, Albrecht Dürer: das druckgraphische Werk (München: Prestel, 2001).
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