Christus op de Olijfberg
Albrecht Dürer
1508
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
72; 116
About this artwork
Christus bidt met geheven handen in de Hof van Getsemane, terwijl de discipelen om hem heen liggen te slapen. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van 16 prenten met scènes uit het Lijdensverhaal.
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 ...