The left side of the small closable diptych (11cm high and 8cm wide) is a polychromed enamel copy of Dürer’s 1511 woodcut Christ Taking Leave of his Mother, from his series of the Small Passion.
It was from this background, represented by Wolgemut in the woodcut and Schongauer in engraving that the great transition figure of Albrecht Durer emerged. He is usually discussed as the father of ...