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DÜRER, Albrecht: Christ on the Cross with Three Angels

🖼 Christ on the Cross with Three Angels, 1523-25
Woodcut
39 × 28 cm
Vienna, Austria

Anguished Christ dominates the composition, rendered with anatomical precision in pen and ink, while three angels hover above in ethereal light. Dürer's intimate religious study demonstrates Northern Renaissance mastery of human form and spiritual devotion, bridging earthly suffering with divine presence.

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