Man of Sorrows by the Column

Artist Albrecht Durer (German, 1471 - 1528)

Date1509

Place of ManufactureEurope

Mediumengraving Medium Remarks: black ink

DimensionsOverall (Trimmed): 12 x 7.6 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineDr. Gustav and Marie Schilder Collection

Object number1977.032.001

DescriptionThis plate may have been meant to serve as a frontispiece to the Engraved Passion, a series of fifteen engravings on copper. Christ is shown with all the instruments of His Passion, while the Virgin & St John appear in prayer under a vault revealing three crosses on the mountain.

Status

Not on view