# Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ALTDORFER, Albrecht](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Limewood

## Commentary

Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John \(detail\) c. 1512 Limewood Staatliche Museen, Kassel The picture shows a detail of the landscape behind the cross. Altdorfer is considered to be one of the founders of the German landscape painting that emerges in the early 16th century, the great achievement of which is the representation of nature in its concrete reality, essential for the later development of art.

## Related artworks

- [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/christ-in-the-garden-of-gethsemane-r6e69c42942241a>)
- [Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/christ-on-the-cross-between-mary-and-st-john-rd6f9c9ecf97fa5>)
- [Christ on the Cross \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/christ-on-the-cross-detail-r74dd962a7b03d8>)
- [Christ on the Cross \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/christ-on-the-cross-detail-r9f4ca978677c0b>)
- [Christ on the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/christ-on-the-cross-r8749b5c1ae90a9>)
- [Christ Taking Leave of His Mother](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/christ-taking-leave-of-his-mother-r02fb364c8fae90>)
- [Communion of the Apostles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/communion-of-the-apostles-r47154e2c075078>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/crucifixion-r745835fdbe11ac>)
- [Danubian Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/danubian-landscape-r3759aa30ecba0a>)
- [Diptych](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/diptych-r0967b77c9f7cbd>)
- [Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/landscape-r39cc161afc8b50>)
- [Landscape with Path](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/altdorfer-albrecht-r02f9420ffa53c3/landscape-with-path-rfae23e59d8b217>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)