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Albrecht Dürer. The Harrowing of Hell. 1512. Category: European and American Prints and Drawings. This print depicts the legend of Christ’s descent into Hell after his death to liberate the souls of biblical figures who had died before him.
Albrecht Dürer, né le 21 mai 1471 à Nuremberg (Saint-Empire), où il est mort le 6 avril 1528, est un dessinateur, graveur, peintre allemand de la Renaissance, également connu comme théoricien de la géométrie et de la perspective linéaire.
Title: Christ Descending into Hell. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Date: n.d. Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (39.4 x 28.3 cm) Classification: Prints. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922. Accession Number: 22.51.5
Dürer created large numbers of preparatory drawings, especially for his paintings and engravings, and many survive, most famously the Betende Hände (Praying Hands) from circa 1508, a study for an apostle in the Heller altarpiece.
The Harrowing of Hell, from The Large Passion. 1510, published 1511. Albrecht Dürer. German, 1471-1528. Status.
Riding steadfastly through a dark Nordic gorge, Dürer's knight rides past Death on a Pale Horse, who holds out an hourglass as a reminder of life's brevity, and is followed closely behind by a pig-snouted Devil.
Harrowing of Hell (from the Engraved Passion series, one of 15 plates) Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) 1512. Medium/Technique Engraving. Dimensions Sheet: 11.4 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.) Credit Line Gift of Edward Habich. Accession NumberM8848. NOT ON VIEW. Collections Europe, Prints and Drawings. Classifications Prints.
