Small Passion series title page
Small Passion series title page

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Small Passion series title page,

1508–10

Albrecht Dürer, 1471–1528; born and died Nuremberg, Germany
x1958-3

Information

Title
Small Passion series title page
Dates

1508–10

Maker
Albrecht Dürer
Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

block (sheet trimmed to block): 17.4 × 12.8 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John P. Poe, Class of 1922, in memory of Albert M. Friend, Jr., Class of 1915

Object Number
x1958-3
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Nuremburg

Inscription

Four lines of letterpress above block, center: Passio Christi ab Alberto Durer Nu / renbergensi effigiata cu[m] varij generis carmi / nibus Fratris Benedicti Chelidonij / Musophili.

Monogram in block on stone slab, center: AD

Five lines of letterpress below block, center: O mihi tantorum. iusto mihi causa dolorum / O crusis O mortis causa cruenta mihi. / O homo sat fuerit. tibi me semel ista tulisse. / O cessa culpis me cruciare mouis.Cum priuilegio.

Reference Numbers
Bartsch 16; Dodgson 60; Hollstein 125; Meder 125; Schoch 186; Bindewald state IIa/3b
Culture
European, German
Type
prints, woodcuts
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
passion, figures (representations), men, Christ

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