The Holy Trinity

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The limp body of Christ ascends above clouds, guided by the crowned, bearded, and robed figure of God, beneath an open-winged bird, flanked on either side by groups of winged angels bearing the Instruments of the Passion. Anthropomorphized as human heads, the winds blow in four directions, below. Signed 1511, AD at bottom center.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
Date
1511
Credit Line
Gift of Leo Wallerstein
Medium
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
40.1 × 29.1 cm (15 13/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Type
religion
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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