Christ in the Wine Press

16th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in burgundy red, pink, dull green, dull orange, brown, tan and white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 21.2 × 16.1 cm (8 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.4 × 16.2 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.730

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 841, State m

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. 124, repro.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 39, repro.

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

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.

Inscriptions

in block, below central image: TORCVLAR CALCAVI SOLVS ETDE GENTIEV / S NON EST VIR MECVM ISAIAE 63

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64953274

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