Small Woodcut Passion
1509–10
Medium
Hand-colored woodcuts loose in red book binding
Dimensions
Dimensions vary
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The George Khuner Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Khuner, 1975
Accession Number
1975.653.112(1–38)
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Art Historical Context
Albrecht Dürer's *Small Woodcut Passion* (1509–10) is a captivating series of hand-colored woodcuts, loosely bound in a striking red book format, now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The George Khuner Collection. Created during the Northern Renaissance, this work depicts key scenes from the Passion of Christ, featuring figures of men, women, and Jesus in intimate, emotionally charged moments. Dürer, a master printmaker from Nuremberg, produced this as one of his later devotional series, making profound religious narratives accessible to a wid...
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 ...