Crucifixion

Date1508

Maker Albrecht Dürer German, Nuremberg 1471-1528

Label TextIn a monumental pyramidal composition, Christ's death on the cross is removed from its historical narrative and rendered as a timeless scene of sacrifice and grief. Incongruously set in a rolling German landscape, the image was designed to incite compassion through prolonged meditation. Because of their wide distribution, prints like this broadened the audience for affective images to aid worship, previously the role of expensive and rare illuminated manuscripts.

Object number53.175

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Durer, Rembrandt, and Goya: Old Masters Prints from the Seattle Art Museum Collection", May 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 1/1/2002) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Old Master Prints from the Wallerstein Collection", October 18 - December 30, 1984. Circuit: Brown University, Bell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 1/16/85-2/13/85; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, New York, 3/5/85-5/26/85. (10/18/1984 - 05/26/1985)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Leo Wallerstein

Dimensions5 1/4 x 3 13/16 in. (13.3 x 9.7 cm)

MediumEngraving