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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Large Passion: 5. Christ Bearing the Cross

🖼 The Large Passion: 5. Christ Bearing the Cross, 1498
Woodcut
39 × 28 cm
Vienna, Austria

Crowded chaos surrounds Christ as he stumbles beneath the cross, rendered through Dürer's masterful woodcut lines that carve drama from black and white. This scene established the Northern Renaissance woodcut as a vehicle for profound spiritual narrative and emotional intensity.

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