Christ as the Man of Sorrows

1430/1440

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows an illustration of a person sitting upright in a stone structure. The person has a thin face, gentle eyes, and long dark hair. They are wearing a yellow cloth around the lower body, with their chest exposed showing stigmata. A halo is around their head. In the background are various items including a yellow cross, ropes, tools, a rooster, a sword, an axe, and a leafy branch. An inset image of two figures is on the left, with a bucket hanging from the wall. The illustration uses earthy colors against a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, yellow ochre, tan, and green

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.729

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 860, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Franz Trau (1842-1905), Vienna (Lugt 2043b). Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For complete information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, 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. 125, 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.

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 25; fig.1.6.

Markings

verso: Franz Trau (Lugt 2043b)

Wikidata ID

Q64953273

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