Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves

c. 1490/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows three figures attached to wooden crosses. In the center, a figure with dark hair, a red head covering, and a cloth around the waist stands with arms outstretched. On either side, similar figures with dark hair, also with arms outstretched and heads bowed. All figures wear cloth around their waists, have markings on their bodies, and a solemn expression. The scene is framed in red with a blue sky and green lands in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, dark blue, green, and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9566

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 965, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oettingen-Wallerstein, Maihingen; Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 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. 17, 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

Q65018860

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