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DÜRER, Albrecht: Deposition (No. 13)

🖼 Deposition (No. 13), 1512
Engraving
117 × 74 cm
New York, USA

Stark drama unfolds as Christ's pale body is lowered from the cross, surrounded by grieving figures rendered in precise German Renaissance detail. Dürer's 1512 woodcut became foundational to Northern European religious imagery, merging technical mastery with emotional intensity.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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