DÜRER, Albrecht: The Apostle Philip

✦ DÜRER, Albrecht

🖼 The Apostle Philip, 1516

◈ Tempera on canvas

⊞ 46 × 37 cm

▣ Galleria degli Uffizi

◎ Florence, Italy

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Rendered with precise detail, Philip stands frontally clutching a cross, his contemplative gaze suggesting spiritual depth. Dürer's 1516 woodcut established the apostle as a model of devotional intensity, influencing Northern European religious imagery through its psychological penetration and technical mastery.

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