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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Large Passion: 10. Christ Taken Captive

🖼 The Large Passion: 10. Christ Taken Captive, 1510
Woodcut
39 × 28 cm
Vienna, Austria

Chaos erupts as soldiers seize Christ, their angular bodies and violent gestures rendered in sharp woodcut lines. Dürer's dramatic composition and psychological intensity established the woodcut as a major artistic medium, influencing Northern European printmaking for centuries.

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