A woodcut titled "Christ before Caiaphas," made by Albrecht Durer ca. 1508 as one plate of his print series The Small Passion. The scene shows Jesus brought before the Jewish high priest for interrogation, and the print's own title names Caiaphas outright. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 19.73.183, a gift of Junius Spencer Morgan in 1919.
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MediumWoodcut, Albrecht Durer, German, ca. 1508, from The Small Passion, Metropolitan Museum of Art 19.73.183 1 Classification
Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Source Christ before Caiaphas, from The Small Passion, accession 19.73.183 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Durer's own title for this woodcut names the subject outright: "Christ before Caiaphas," from his print series The Small Passion.
Source Christ before Caiaphas, from The Small Passion, accession 19.73.183 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. Christ before Caiaphas, from The Small Passion, accession 19.73.183 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 19.73.183
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A woodcut titled "Christ before Caiaphas," made by Albrecht Durer ca.
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