Albrecht Dürer
Germany, b.1471, d.1528
The Arrest of Christ, 1510
- 1510
- Woodcut
- Sir Joseph Kinsey Collection. Gifted by Lady Kinsey, 1936
- 397 x 280mm
- 70/37
Location: Burdon Family Gallery
Tags: Christianity, armor (protective wear), axes (tools), battles, cross-hatching, hatching, hats, men (male humans), monochrome, people (agents), religious art, rope, spears (weapons), swords, trees, weapons
Packed with emotional intensity and storytelling detail, this woodcut print by Albrecht Dürer pictures the moment of Jesus’s arrest. A painter as well as a printmaker, Dürer is regarded as the greatest artist of the German Renaissance. He returned to the theme of the Passion several times; this work is from a series of large woodcuts completed between 1497 and 1510.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)
Exhibition History
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