Christ on the Cross

in or before 1470

German 15th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, yellow, brown, and green on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.7 × 13.8 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.483

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 406, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G., Boerner, Leipzig, sale CLXI, May 10-15, 1929, lot 33); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1932

  • Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, Lakeside Press Galleries, Chicago, IL, 1932, no. 4.

1933

  • A Century of Progress, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1933, no. 5a, repro.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 61, repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 14.

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: no. 61.

Wikidata ID

Q64952916

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