Caiaphas Tearing his Clothes

probably 1449

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a group of people standing together. Some are wearing long robes of various colors. One central figure wearing a halo is slightly bent forward, surrounded by others. Others in the group are holding items or spears. On the right side, a person in a red robe and hat stands on a platform facing the others. The background is a simple landscape with green ground and a beige sky bordered by a red frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, dark green, yellow, gray-blue, and gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.503

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 244, State a

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 26, 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: no. 26.

Wikidata ID

Q64952938

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