Man of Sorrows, from "The Passion"
1509
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 1/16 in. (12.2 × 7.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1968
Accession Number
68.793.50
Tags
Art Historical Context
In Albrecht Dürer's *Man of Sorrows* (1509), part of his renowned *The Passion* series, the Northern Renaissance master captures the profound suffering of Christ in a compact engraving measuring just 4 13/16 × 3 1/16 inches. This poignant image depicts Jesus as the "Man of Sorrows," bloodied and thorn-crowned after the Crucifixion, flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist in quiet mourning. Such devotional motifs were central to late medieval and early Renaissance piety, inviting viewers to contemplate redemption and human frailty. Dürer's genius shines in his engraving techni...
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 ...