Christ in the Tomb with Two Angels

1490/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows three figures mainly displaying their upper bodies. The central figure is seated, leaning against the support of two other figures on either side. The central person has long hair, a beard, closed eyes, wears a crown of thorns, and shows red marks on his body. His torso is bare with fabric around his waist. On the left and right are two angelic figures with long hair, big colorful wings, and one in a robe with patterns. The angel on the right has a hand raised. The background features architectural elements like pointed arches and stained-glass windows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red, orange-yellow, blue-green, green, and gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28 × 19.3 cm (11 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.549

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. *, no. 990, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Weiss & Co., Munich); Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 151, 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. 151.

Wikidata ID

Q64952986

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