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Crucifixion

Print
1508 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dürer, Albrecht (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (made)

Engraving in beige tones showing a three-quarter view of the Crucifixion set against a backdrop of landscape and town left and expanse of sky right. Christ is surrounded by five mourners. The tone and highlights in this print have the feel of a relief sculpture.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
Print
TitleCrucifixion (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Ink
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Crucifixion, engraving by Albrecht Durer; Nuremberg, Germany; 1508.
Physical description
Engraving in beige tones showing a three-quarter view of the Crucifixion set against a backdrop of landscape and town left and expanse of sky right. Christ is surrounded by five mourners. The tone and highlights in this print have the feel of a relief sculpture.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Width: 9.8cm
Styles
Medieval
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • 1508 / AD (Date and artist's monogram in tablet bottom centre, on plate)
  • INRI (On top of Cross)
  • [figures of Christ, John and part of standing woman traced around in brownish ink on reverse]
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Alice G.E. Carthew
Production
Bartsch impression but with no WM visible, still with rounded corners at top
Subjects depicted
Landscapes (Representations)
Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalen (Magdalene)
Joseph (Of Arimathea, Saint)
Crucifixion
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, Adam von, 1757-1821. The illustrated Bartsch. New York : Abaris Books, 1978-
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam : M. Hertzberger, 1954-
  • Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955.
  • Bartrum, Giulia. Albrech Dürer and his Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist. London British Museum, 2002,
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.603-1940

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O728574/crucifixion-print-dürer-albrecht/
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