The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 27, 2024
The Large Passion: The Crucifixion
c. 1497–1500
(German, 1471–1528)
Catalogue raisonné: Meder 120
Location: not on view
Description
Dürer made seven of the twelve woodcuts for The Large Passion between 1497 and 1500 and then produced four additional woodcuts in 1510. The following year he published the series in book form with a frontispiece and Latin verses composed by Benedict Schwalbe. The Nuremberg monk and poet's text was printed on the back of the sheets. At the same time, Dürer printed a second edition of The Apocalypse and the first edition of The Life of the Virgin. The scenes of The Large Passion executed between 1497 and 1500 retain certain Gothic conventions: a wealth of detail; two-dimensional, awkward figures; ambiguous picture space; and confusing compositions. However, the strong contrast between the thick, black, expressive lines and the white paper creates a vitality lost in the prints from 1510, when Dürer's style changed dramatically.- ?-1926(M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY)June 4, 1926The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1914. "The Print Club's Gift in Memory of Ralph King." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 13, no.7 (July 1926): 159-162. 25136946
- Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
- {{cite web|title=The Large Passion: The Crucifixion|url=false|author=Albrecht Dürer|year=c. 1497–1500|access-date=27 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.118