Christ on the Cross

c. 1480/1500

Italian 15th Century or Attributed to Master I.D.

Associated Names
Italian 15th Century

Artist

Master I.D.

Artist, Flemish, active c. 1480/1500

The image depicts three people in a religious context. In the center is a man on a cross, with a beard and long hair, wearing a crown of thorns and a halo. Two figures with halos stand on either side of the cross. One figure wears a robe and a veil, looking down, while the other wears robes and clasps their hands looking up. At the base of the cross are a skull and foliage. The background is plain, focusing on the figures and the crucifixion scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 14.5 × 9.5 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 15.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.819

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 424, State m

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 62, 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

Q64962994

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