Christ as the Man of Sorrows

c. 1470/1480

Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

The image shows the upper body of a person with closed eyes and long wavy hair. A circular halo is depicted around the head. The individual appears topless, crossing their hands in front of them with interlocked fingers. The background features a textured surface behind the figure, with an inscription above the person's head and engraved symbols and designs on either side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image; diameter): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.151

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.347, no. 445, State A only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Christian David Ginsburg [1831-1914], Palmer's Green, England (Lugt 1145); Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard [b. 1883], London (Lugt 1318); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 157, repro.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 157.

Wikidata ID

Q64958424

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