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The Passion: Christ Before Annas

c. 1480

Martin Schongauer

(German, c. 1450–1491)
Culture
Germany
Medium
engraving
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1922.87
Catalogue raisonné
Lehrs V.132.21
Public Domain
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Not on view
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The dog in this scene likely refers to late medieval Passion literature, which often compared Christ's tormentors to dogs.

Description

Martin Schongauer's series of the Passion of Christ was his largest set of engravings, made around 1480, and extensively copied across Europe. It consists of twelve prints detailing the suffering of Christ in the last days of his life. Schongauer's version focuses on crowded scenes, grotesque physiognomies of Christ's tormentors, and great pathos in the compositions. Here, Christ is led to the high priest Annas to be judged, prior to being brought before Pontius Pilate.
A vertically oriented engraving in black ink depicts a man with bound wrists standing before a seated official in hooded robes, who gestures with his right hand. A dense crowd of armored men with spears and halberds surrounds them beneath stone arches. In the lower left, a man with his back turned carries a lantern. A small dog sits in the lower right. The monogram "M+S" appears at the bottom.

The Passion: Christ Before Annas

c. 1480

Martin Schongauer

(German, c. 1450–1491)
Germany

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