Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

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Christ Taking Leave of his Mother is a woodcut that is part of a series “Life of the Virgin” by Albrecht Dürer, created between 1504 and 1505. It depicts Jesus saying farewell to his mother to go on his final journey to Jerusalem. The woodcut is created by carving an image on a wooden block and rolling ink over that surface and then printing it on paper.

Keywords

printing, drawing, ink, woodcut, mary, carving, Jerusalem, 16th century, series, Jesus, Christ taking leave of his mother, Albrecht Dürer, wooden block, life of the virgin, final journey

Galleries

Woodcut Prints

Source

Knackfuss, H. Dürer (Bielefeld, DE: Velhagen & Klasing, 1900)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

1665×2400, 2.2 MiB

Large GIF

710×1024, 352.1 KiB

Medium GIF

444×640, 156.7 KiB

Small GIF

222×320, 42.9 KiB