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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 24. Christ on the Cross

🖼 Small Passion: 24. Christ on the Cross, 1511
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Anguish radiates from Christ's contorted body suspended against stark geometry, rendered in precise woodcut lines that emphasize suffering through exaggerated proportions. Dürer's small-scale Passion series democratized devotional imagery, making intense religious emotion accessible to ordinary believers through affordable prints rather than expensive altarpieces.

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