Speculum passionis domini nostri Jesu Christi (Mirror of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ)
1519 (1st ed. 1507)
Artist, German, c. 1486 - 1520
Artist
Artist, German, c. 1485 - 1522
Artist, German, c. 1480/1485 - 1538/1540
Artist, German, c. 1491 - 1542
Artist, German, 1484/1485 - 1545
Author, German, died 1510/1519
Ulrich Pinder (author) and artists Hans Schäufelein, Hans Baldung Grien, Erhard Schön, Anonymous German 16th Century, and Hans Süss von Kulmbach or Wolf Traut
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound illustrated book with 40 woodcut illustrations (5 are repeated).
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall size (volume closed): 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
page size: 29.5 x 19.4 cm (11 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2000.115.1
Associated Artworks
See all 40 artworksChrist at the Cross [1v]
Hans Leonard Schäufelein
1519
The Entry info Jerusalem [13r]
Hans Leonard Schäufelein
1519
Christ Purifying the Temple [14r]
Hans Leonard Schäufelein
1519
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
C.H.A.M., 1606 (binding); Benedictine Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul, Melk, 1642. Hermann Marx, Cobham, England (d. 1948) (Lugt 2816a); (sale, Sotheby's London, 19 April 1948, no. 120). Davis and Orioli. William Alfred Westropp Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, Essex (1885 - 1963); (sale, Sotheby's London, 11 July 2000, no. 251); (Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); purchased 2000 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on first free endpaper, in brown ink: In usum fratris Placide (not deciphered) / Anno Dni 1660 16 February / Laebrymans exaranit multa scriptes bing / libri