The Large Passion: The Crucifixion
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
c. 1497–1500
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
38.9 × 28.5 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King
Accession Number
1926.118
Tags
male
About this artwork
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 1...