Crossing

Unknown artist

In 1509, the artist copied Dürer’s designed woodcut “Die KreuzDer,” part of his “Kleinen Passion,” which was first laid in 1511, from the original page. Although he transferred it to the technique of copper engraving, the orientation on the template is clearly visible. After Pilate’s conviction, Christ must carry his cross to Golgotha, where the crucifixion is to be executed. The leaf shows the moment when the Savior collapses under the burden of the cross. In addition to two traveling observers, various people who are actively intertwined with the events are strongly pressed. While armed soldiers accompany and forcibly advance the suffering and men transport the necessary utensils for the crucifixion, the faces of Mary and John can also be discovered on the train. Compassionate towards each other, they follow Christ. Simon of Kyrene grabs the trunk of the cross, Veronika sinks his knees to wipe his sweat with a cloth. Instead of the Dürer monogram, the empty paneled sign Marcantonio Raimondis is integrated into the representation on the lower right. Bartsch mentions three states of Raimondi’s sequence of passage after Dürer (cf. Bartsch XIV.401).