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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 4. The Nativity

🖼 Small Passion: 4. The Nativity, 1511
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Soft woodcut lines render the stable scene with intimate detail: Mary kneels beside the Christ child as Joseph tends the animals, light radiating from the infant. Dürer's Small Passion series democratized religious imagery through affordable prints, making devotional art accessible to ordinary Christians across Europe.

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