Christ in Limbo. From: The large Passion., Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1510, Germany, woodcut, The Large Passion is named after the format of the series (39 x 28 cm). The whole series of twelve woodcuts (eleven scenes and a title page) did not appear till 1511 when Albrecht Dürer published the cycle, together with a title page and a poem by the Benedictine theologian and monk Benedictus Chelidonius. The first seven woodcuts were executed between 1497 and 1500, then the series was completed by five woodcuts in 1510, following his visit to Italy (1505-07).

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