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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 10. Christ on the Mount of Olives

🖼 Small Passion: 10. Christ on the Mount of Olives, 1511
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Rendered in precise woodcut, Christ kneels in anguished prayer while sleeping disciples sprawl nearby, illuminated by ethereal light breaking through dark clouds. Dürer's intimate scene captures spiritual vulnerability and inner torment, establishing the emotional intensity that defines his influential Small Passion series.

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