Christ as the Man of Sorrows
c. 1500
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in vermilion, dark green, light blue and brown; glued into the top lid of a travelling strong box
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 22.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
overall (cofferet): 10 x 16 x 23.5 cm (3 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 9 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1952.8.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 899, State x
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1965
Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 127, repro.
2005
Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public, NGA and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 2005-2006, no. 42, repro.
Bibliography
1926
Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.
1965
Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 213, repro.
Inscriptions
at top, in block: Ecce Homo
Watermarks
none visible
Wikidata ID
Q65218421