Crucifixion, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"
1509–10
Medium
Hand-colored woodcut
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1975
Accession Number
1975.653.112(25)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer’s *Crucifixion* from the *Small Woodcut Passion* series captures a pivotal moment in narrative with remarkable clarity and emotional depth. Created between 1509 and 1510, this hand-colored woodcut belongs to a larger cycle illustrating the Passion of Christ. Dürer, a leading figure of the Northern Renaissance, used the woodcut medium to make sacred stories widely accessible through affordable prints that could be collected or bound into books. The technique itself highlights Dürer’s innovative approach. Woodcuts allowed for fine linear detail and dramatic contrasts of light and...
About the Artist
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) stands as the preeminent figure of the Northern Renaissance and arguably the most influential artist in the history of printmaking. Born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, and dying in the same city on April 6, 1528, Dürer revolutionized the status of the artist in Northern Europe, transforming printmaking from a commercial craft into an independent fine art and establishing ...