Since last week when I watched the Ideas Roadshow’s video about Albrecht Dürer, I keep coming across him everywhere, and it is no coincidence.

​Dürer was one of the most important engravers in wood and copper and in general was a completely outstanding artistic figure. He passed away on 6th of April, 1528.

​He traveled, both in Italy (Venice) and the Netherlands, which was somewhat unusual for his time. He created at the crossroads of two eras, the end of the Gothic era and the beginning of the Renaissance.

​He was gentle, easy-going and also very precise in his work. Not only did he give breadth and completeness to his works but also a superior spirituality. He was as hardworking as few. The proof is that he left an enormous body of work: 70 paintings, 100 copper engravings, 350 woodcuts and about 900 drawings!

​As we go through Holy Week in the Orthodox Church, a period of deep devotion, inner reflection, and anticipation, and while the Easter celebrations in the Western Church have just concluded, I am preparing a series of stacks in this spirit. Until then, let's look at the Holy Week through Dürer's engravings:

​🎨 1. Christ on the Mount of Olives, 1508, Engraving, 117 x 7,3 cm​

🎨 2. The Betrayal of Christ, 1508, Engraving, 11,5 x 7,4 cm

🎨 3. Christ crowned with Thorns, 1512, Engraving, 11,8 x 7,5 cm​

🎨 4. Christ carrying the Cross, Engraving, 11,7 x 7,4 cm​

🎨 5. The Lamentation, 1507, Engraving, 11,7 x 7,3 cmT

🎨 6. ​The Resurrection, 1512, Engraving, 11,6 x 7,5 cm