Description
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother appears in this engraving after Albrecht Dürer from the Little Passion. Christ raises a hand toward his kneeling mother before leaving her. Mary’s bowed head and lifted hands answer his blessing, while another figure watches from behind. Their meeting is set beside a wooden building with a landscape beyond, allowing a familiar domestic setting to hold the emotional weight of separation.
The image translates Dürer’s narrative design into the finely worked lines of engraving. The contrast between the standing son and kneeling mother makes the farewell legible through posture alone. Closely spaced marks distinguish fabric, bodies and the surrounding setting, keeping the story vivid at a small scale. This later interpretation preserves the direct emotional appeal of the composition while remaining a work after Dürer.
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