Agony in the garden. From: The small Passion

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Agony in the garden. From: The small Passion

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The Passion usually refers to the physical and spiritual suffering of Jesus Christ in the last days of his life. This subject was especially popular in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Church used art, especially in the form of woodcut prints, to tell the story to an often illiterate public. The iconography (use of symbols to explain the subject matter) was well developed by the late Middle Ages and was easily recognisable. In depicting the Passion, Albrecht Dürer could add somethi...

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Date created

1509-1511

Creator

Albrecht Dürer

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/38276

Related subjects

Biblical events / Gardens / Angels / soldiers / Sleeping / paper / prints / woodcuts / works on paper / woodcut / German / Germany

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