Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John
Albrecht Dürer
1516
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (27.7 x 22.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.9.3
Tags
ChristVirgin MarySaint John the BaptistCrossCrucifixion
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 ...