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Christ on the Cross

Albrecht Dürer

1516

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Northern Renaissance Renaissance Renaissance Religious

Dominant colour

Christ on the Cross is a 1516 ink by Albrecht Dürer, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Albrecht Dürer
When & what style?: 1516 · Northern Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

The painting is called Christ on the Cross by Albrecht Dürer. It was made in 1516 as a woodcut. The artist created this work during the Renaissance, a time of great change in art and culture, and it's interesting to note that woodcuts like this one allowed for mass production of images. You can learn more about this technique by looking up woodcut.