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Christian Passion Depictions

Woodcuts showcasing pivotal moments of the Passion of Christ, emphasizing struggle and spiritual significance through detailed compositions.

The Resurrection, from Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu Christi 1507 Hans Schäufelein German. The Resurrection, from Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu Christi 666052

Humanity begs for the forgiveness of his sins; Title page for Nicolaes Jansz. Visscher, historiæ sacræ tam veteris Quam Novi Testamenti, Elegantissimis Iconibus Expressæ. A man is perfectly laminating on his knees for the angel Gabriel. In addition to him figures from the Bible: the snake of earthly paradise, a woman with the two dining of the law, death and the angel with the flaming sword. In the Luch the Christ child surrounded by angels. In the background a monument with performances from the Bible and with the title of the book work.

Sacred Ursula besieged by the Huns, Willem van Haecht (II), After Ludovico Carracci, 1603 - 1637 print Ursula with crown and pilgrim staff with Christian banner in the midst of soldiers who kill her virgins. In the background, soldiers with arrow and arch shoot at a tower (from the city of Cologne). In the sky between clouds God or Christ with a few putti. Antwerp paper etching St. Ursula and her companions are killed by the Huns outside the walls of Cologne; St. Ursula dies by an arrow, while the maidens are killed by arrows, spears or swords

Festa della sensa (tenth part); AnkeFt und Herkvommen der Weitberümbten Herrlichen Statt Screw Sambt Derselben Waident Herrschafft. Procession of the Doge on Ascension Day over the San Marco Square in Venice. The procession leads to the Bucintoro, the galei of the Doge. Once a year 'married the Doge during the DELLA SENLA Sensa festa with the Adriatic Sea by throwing a ring in the water from this galei.

Christ Tells His Disciples of the Last Judgment. Dated: published 1630. Dimensions: sheet: 10.6 x 14.8 cm (4 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Christoph Murer.

Christ Nailed to The Cross, from The Small Passion, edition Venice, 1612 1612 Albrecht Dürer German. Christ Nailed to The Cross, from The Small Passion, edition Venice, 1612. Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). 1612. Woodcut. Prints

Jacques Callot, The Nativity, in or after 1630 The Nativity

Christ for Pilate. Christ is brought to Pilatus by armed soldiers. Pilate is sitting on his throne and asks him if he's the king of the Jews.

Hans Schäufelin's 1507 woodcut depicts the arrest of Christ, showing soldiers, disciples, and Christ in the garden, emphasizing action and expression.

Funeral of John the Baptist; History of John the Baptist. The body of John the Baptist, wrapped in a shroud, is placed in a grave by two men. At the grave a man with a shovel and two disciples of John the Baptist are. Right right a church.

Cross instration. Surrounded by a crowd, Christ carries the cross to Golgotha. He supports hands and knees and threatens to succumb to his burden. Soldiers drag him into his clothes, someone uses a rope as a whip to continue him. Further away, left, two prisoners are entrained.

Christ Carrying the Cross. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Christ decreases in pre-borne.

Daniel in the lion's owl. Daniel is in the middle of the lions in the lion's owl. On the right the angel and habakkuk with food and drink. The print is part of an album.

Petrus preaches in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit descends to Mary and the apostles, which are together in a top hall. The apostle Peter is located outside the house at the top and proclaims the message of Christ on the crowd. The print is part of an album.

The Passion: The Entombment, c. 1480. Martin Schongauer (German, c.1450-1491). Engraving;

Raising of the Cross. 1515. Altdorfer, Albrecht, approximately 1480-1538. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Netherlands, Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Jacob, The Round Passion, Christ on the Cross, Cornelisz van Oostsanen, verso - handwritten, From a series of twelve prints, frame cut away., print, prints, diameter 234 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1475 - 1533, print maker, printmaker, 1517 - 1533, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Woodcut by Hans Schäufelin from 1507 showing the flagellation of Christ, including Christ, figures, soldiers, and instruments of scourging.

Pope and a Bishop, Lucas Cranach (I), 1521 print Pope gives the bishop his position and title, an example from the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The pope and bishop are surrounded by a group of men while they look outside. In the distance is the city where the bishop will get his seat. Wittenberg paper archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic). pope

Sex and alcohol smother all piety, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1604 print The personification of piety (Pietas) is strangled by Lust (Venus) and alcoholic (Bacchus). In the background, piety is buried (left), while alcoholism and lust triumphantly are carried into the monastery. The print has a Dutch, Latin and French caption and is part of a twelve -part series with the subject of the degeneration of the Catholic clergy and the causes of the rebellion and the iconoclasm. paper etching / engraving (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). Piety, 'Pietas', 'Timor Dei' ~ the Three Theological Virtues. violent death by strangling. abbey, monastery, convent ~ Roman Catholic church. burial Low Countries

Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Keulen, Acts of the Apostles, Scourging of the Apostles, verso lower left - stamped, By order of the Sanhedrin, the apostles John and Peter are publicly scourged by soldiers. In the background, Peter and John are preaching on the steps of the temple. With a Latin caption with a Bible passage from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 5:40). The first print of a five-part series., print, prints, height 245 mm, width 200 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1580, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Judaskus; The passion. Christ is taken by soldiers in the court of Getemane. Judas kisses him on the cheek. Petrus Malchus mince a ear in the foreground. This print is part of a series of twelve passengers.

Etching and type print by Augustin Hirschvogel from 1547 depicting the victim of Melchizedek, showing figures, gestures, and composition.

Christ crowned with thorns.

Dancing moals dressed as clergy; Dancing moals. A dancing monk and non, both leaning on a stick.

Christ and the adulterous woman, 1616 drawing Christ and the adulterous woman, New Testament Joh. 8: 6. Zwolle paper. ink. chalk Pharisees bring a woman accused of adultery before Christ (John 8:2-11)

Christ and the adulterous woman. Christ and the adulterous woman, New Testament Joh. 8: 6.

Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503 - 1553), Christ Carrying the Cross, 1547, etching

A drawing by Noël Cochin the Younger depicting Saint Benedict with the Gothic King Totila, executed in chalk and pen on bordered paper.

Roman soldiers strip Jesus Christ of his robe, while a soldier drills a hole in the cross for his crucifixion. Les soldats depouillent Jesus de ses vetements et l'attachent a la croix. From Le Passion de Notre Seigneur, The Passion of our Lord. Copperplate engraving by Christian Mechel after a portrait by Hans Holbein in Christian von Mechel's Oeuvre de Jean Holbein, Chez Guillaume Haas, Basel, 1784.

Worship through the kings. The holy family under a roof, the child is sitting on a stone. The kings and their supervisors adore the child and have gifts. Two angels in the air.

Copper engraving from 1520-1550 illustrating a figure receiving the cross, representing Christian devotional imagery.

Torture, Four Men Pulling on the Limbs of a Saint, Quartering, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Dancing man and woman dressed as clergy, Cornelis Massijs, 1577 print In the time when this series came about, 'Krepel' was a generic word to describe a physical disability to the lower body. This series is social satire. A dancing monk and nun, both leaning on a stick. Numbered: 4. Antwerp paper engraving monks and nuns. person with a physical disability. one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple. dancing. crutches. folk costume, regional costume. social stratification, social groups

Scourging Christ; The little passion. Christ tied to a column, becomes apparent with a whip and row by two men.

This early 16th-century woodcut from the Albertina Passion depicts the crowning of Christ, highlighting figure arrangement, religious symbolism, and detailed line work.

The Adoration of the Magi. Date/Period: Ca. 1614-1617. Print. Etching with engraving Etching with engraving. Height: 590.55 mm (23.25 in); Width: 425.45 mm (16.75 in). Author: Jacques Bellange.

Three pilgrims. Male and female pilgrim sitting in a landscape with staff and pilgrim hat, the man peeled a pear. On the left in the background a pilgrim walking with staff and rosary.

Bewening van Christus, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - before 1619 print Maria, Maria Magdalena and John the Evangelist, and others, mourn from the body of Christ. Christ lies on a shroud at the foot of the cross. In the margin a two -way Bible quote from Zach. 12 in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving Christ's body lying on the ground

Doornenkroning, Albrecht Dürer (School of), 1625 - 1700 print Christ, sitting on an elevation, gets a crown of thorns pushed on the head. This print is part of the so -called 'Albertina Passie', an unfinished passionate series (4 prints). Nuremberg paper the crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3)

Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicts Elias overseeing the building of a chapel and preaching on Mount Carmel, using graphite pencil, brown and black chalk, gray lavated ink, and white highlights.

Christ for Herod, Anonymous, Urs Graf, 1506 print paper Christ before King Herod; sometimes a gorgeous robe is brought (Luke 23:8-11)

Roman soldier and a priest hold a open role together, Jan Luyken, 1679 print A Roman soldier and a priest hold a open role together with the title of the book. There is a river god in the foreground, the Wolvin Romulus and Remus sucks on the left. Amsterdam paper etching extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). priest (Roman Catholic). river-gods. (story of) Romulus and Remus

Elia meets the widow of Sarefat, Jan Saenredam, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1661 - 1726 print On the way to Sarefat, Elia meets a widow and her son who are looking for Sprokkelhout. Elia sends her home to make food for him. The print has a Latin text in the lower margin. Assendelft paper. ink engraving / pen when the brook dries up, Elijah crosses over to the city of Zarephath; at the gate he meets a woman and her little son gathering wood (the woman's sticks may form a cross)

A man in a loincloth is tied to a wall by his wrists having his flesh pierced with pliers while three monks look on. Wood engraving by Walker.

Plague of ulcers. The sixth plague that God left over Egypt. For the Faraoh's eye, Moses goes up. The man on the ground has swear in the face. The print is part of an album.

The lost son as a pig powder; Parable of the lost son. The lost son as a pig powder. He hardly has any clothes and even has to eat from the pigstrog. In the margin a caption in Latin.

Faith (Fides), Pieter Bruegel (I), 1559 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen Faith, 'Faith'; "Fed ',' Faith Catholic ',' Fed Christian ',' Fed Christian Catholic Church '(Ripa) ~ One of the Three Theological virtues

Martyrdom of Saint Cassian of Imola. Engraving.

Persecutions of Christians by emperor Diocletian, Jan Luyken, 1685 print Amsterdam paper etching persecution of believers (+ variant). violent death ~ maltreatment, torture

LUPERCI - priests from a 'collegium' who officiated at the Lupercalia honouring the wolf which suckled Rome's founders, striking women with thongs to make them fertile

Crusade against the Katharen, Theodoor Galle, After Pieter de Jode (I), After Joannes Nys, 1611 print During the Crusade against the Cathars, the Holy Dominicus moved on the battlefield. He carries a crucifix in his hand that is pierced with arrows. The print has a Latin inscription and caption and is part of a press series for a book about the life of the Holy Dominicus. print maker: Antwerpafter drawing by: Antwerpafter design by: AntwerpPolandpublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Dominic(us) Guzman of Calerueja, founder of the Order of Preachers (or Dominican (Black) Friars; possible attributes: book, dog with flaming torch, lily, loaf of bread, rosary, star

'Anbetung der Konige', ('Adoration of the Kings'), 1503-1504. Creator: Albrecht Durer.

A copper engraving by Jean Duvet from 1546-1555 illustrating the Trinity with multiple figures symbolizing the divine nature and Christian theology.

The martyrdom of the Saint Barbara. The father of the Holy Barbara is ready to end his daughter with the sword. For her on the ground there is a mislift with a host. A few houses on a river in the background.

Schwarz, Christoph, Munich, Sadeler, Johann (I), Pręcipua Passionis DN Jesu Christi mysteria, Passion of Christ, Flagellation of Christ, verso lower left - stamped, Christ, tied to a pillar, is being scourged by soldiers. The second print in an eight-part series on the Passion of Christ., print, prints, height 435 mm, width 279 mm, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), German, 1545 - 1592-04-15

Bassano, Jacopo, Venice, Sadeler, Johann (I), Adoration of the Shepherds with a Sleeping Shepherd Boy, verso below - stamped, On the right in front of a stable with a thatched roof Mary and Joseph together with the Christ Child lying in the manger. Three shepherds around it. On the right a sleeping shepherd boy. From heaven shines a sunbeam with a Latin text on the Christ Child., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 204 mm, width 294 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1599 - 1650, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, after a print by, Italian, 1515 - 1592-02-14

Establishment of the cross. Composition sketch.

The stoning of the H. Stephanus ..

Moses Returns to Egypt from Midian. Dated: 1549. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503 - 1553), The Raising of Lazarus, 1545, etching

Luca Cambiaso's ink drawing depicts the crucifixion of Christ, emphasizing figure, posture, and religious composition.

The Flagellation. Dated: 1548. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Paul's flight from Damascus; Acts of the Apostles. Paul is lowered by his students in a basket of the city wall to prevent persecution by the Jews. Under the margin a two-person caption in Latin.

Boniface IV Paleologo, Markgraaf of Monferrato, with the imperial scepter and Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, with the imperial sword, plate 24; Procession of Karel V with the Pope in Bologna after his coronation to Emperor, 1530. Bonifatius IV Paleologo, Markgraaf of Monferrato, with the imperial scepter and Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, with the Imperial Sword, plate 24. Procession of Karel V With the Pope Clemens VII in Bologna after his coronation to Emperor, February 24, 1530.

Copper engraving by an anonymous artist from the second half of the 15th century depicting the acceptance of the cross, focusing on human figures and symbolic elements.

Ill-treatment of P. Guilielmus Leonius, the first Jesuit missionary in Holland, by the Beggars near Antwerp, 1566 (). The clergyman tied to a horse is besieged by soldiers with stones and swords, Maltreatment of the Jesuit P. Guilielmus Leonius by the Beggars, 1566 P. Guilielmus Leonius first missionary of the Societeijt Iesu naer Hollandt wort cruelijck van de Geusen ghehandelt bij Antwerpen , print maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1600 - 1699, paper, engraving, h 284 mm × w 183 mm

Pen and ink drawing with wash by Luca Cambiaso depicting the Grablegung (Entombment), showing figures and drapery.

Knelted Turk in Prayer, Caspar Luyken, 1696 print Print at the top right marked: fol. 94. Amsterdam paper etching one person praying. Asiatic races and peoples: Turks