Christ on the Cross

1480/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a crucifixion scene. The painting features a central figure on a wooden cross, set against a landscape that includes rolling green hills and a distant city with towers and red roofs. To the left and right of the central figure, there are two haloed figures clad in blue and red robes. Above the scene, celestial elements like the sun and moon are illustrated, each with expressive faces. Surrounding the central scene are roundel enclosures containing animals and additional figures. The entire scene is bordered with a vivid red outline. It is in the style of Medieval European religious art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in green, blue, vermilion, rose, pale orange, and red on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.739

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 396, 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

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 59, 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. 10, 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.

Wikidata ID

Q64953292

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