Albrecht Dürer's suite of illustrations known as the
The Small Passion is a set of 36 images derived from woodcuts that were
published for the first time in 1511.
Knackfuss (Durer: H Grevel & Co, London; 1900)
provides the following description of this wonderful work:
In ... 1511, Dürer published a small book which
contains a pictorial narrative
of the Passion of Christ in yet another version,
accompanied by the poems of
Chelidonius. This book also bears the title of
"Passion" (Passio Christi), and it
has long been usual to distinguish this series of cuts
from those of the large
book by the names of the "Little" and "Great Passion".
The Little Passion consists
of thirty-seven woodcuts, a design for the title-page
of Christ as Man of Sorrows
sitting on a stone, and thirty-six cuts of the small
size of about five by four
inches, which tell the story of the act of Redemption
in detail and in a more
popular manner, in compositions mostly of a few figures
only. All the small
designs, some of which are dated 1509, others 1510,
seem to have been drawn
quickly, one after another. The narrative begins with
the Fall and the Expulsion
from Paradis, as the events which gave occasion for the
Redemption. After the
Above we
show the effective
Title Page to Albrecht
Dürer's
The Small
Passion
Incarnation of the Redeemer has been set forth by the
Annunciation and
Nativity, the Farewell of Jesus to his Mother forms the
introduction to the
events of the week of suffering, which begin with the
Entry into Jerusalem.
Before and after the Last Supper, the Expulsion of the
Money-changers from
the Temple and the Washing of the Apostles' feet are
inserted. The Prayers on
the Mount of Olives, in which Christ, in conflict
within his soul, holds up his
hands before his brow and presses them together,
exceeds in grandeur and
impressive depth of conception the corresponding design
of the Great Passion.
The occurrences which intervene between the arrest and
the condemnation are
depicted in full detail, from the confrontation with
Annas to the scene of Pilate
washing his hands. After the Bearing of the Cross,
Veronica, standing, with the
imprint of Christ's countenance on her napkin, between
St Peter and St Paul,
follows as a subject apart. We see Christ being nailed
to the Cross, and uttering
the Last Words as he hangs upon it; then his descent to
the lower world, his
body being taken down from the Cross, wept over at the
foot of the Cross,
and laid in the sepulchre. The Resurrection is followed
by the appearance of
the Risen Saviour to this Mother, to Mary Magdalene - a
very poetical
composition - to the disciples at Emmaus and to St
Thomas. Then follows the
Ascension, in which the vanishing of Christ is
symbolized in a curious, but
effective manner, but nothing remaining visible except
his feet. The Descent
of the Holy Ghost, and the Second Coming of Christ at
the Last Day, conclude
the series.
Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints
For connoisseurs, we have prepared sets of 36 Greeting Cards displaying
each of the images from Dürer's The Small Passion and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting
Cards appear. Ordering one of those sets is as easy as selecting the "Add to
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When presented on Greeting Cards, these
images are prepared as tipped-on
plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted
approach typical
of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades
of the 20th Century. Each card is
hand-finished and the images are presented
on White
card stock with an accompanying envelope. On the rear of each
card we also present some information about this great
work and each individual illustration. We have left the interior
of the cards blank so that you may write your own personal message.
Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print from this suite,
we have provided some options below. Of course,
should you wish to
discuss some customised options, we welcome
your contact on any matter through
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