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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 18. Christ Being Crowned with Thorns

🖼 Small Passion: 18. Christ Being Crowned with Thorns, 1510
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Jagged lines carve Christ's agony as soldiers thrust thorns upon his head, rendered in sharp woodcut technique. Dürer's Small Passion series democratized religious suffering through affordable prints, making intimate devotional imagery accessible to ordinary believers across Northern Europe.

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