Print Description
“Christ before Pilate.” Christ standing in a passage way at left surrounded by soldiers; Pilate at right next to a column.
Made by Lambrecht Hopfer after Albrecht Durer.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Image size: 8.7 x 13.8 cm. (3.43 x 5.43 inch).
Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
JESUS-CHRIST-PILATE-PASSION | PCO-E18-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From a series of fifteen etchings after D?rer’s Small Passion.
Reference: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (6.I).
Biography engraver: Lambrecht Hopfer was a German artist active around 1525-1550. He is known for his work in etching.
Biography artist: Albrecht Durer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, D?rer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini, and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.
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