Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John

1517(?)

Gabriel Zehender

Associated Names
Gabriel Zehender

Artist, Swiss, active 1527 - 1535

This is a drawing of a crucifixion scene with two figures standing beside the cross. The figure on the cross has outstretched arms nailed to the horizontal beam. The two figures flanking the cross wear robes with elaborate folds. The background shows a landscape with hills, trees, and distant buildings. The cross is mounted on a mound, with symbolism at the base in the form of a skull and bones. The sky is filled with rolling clouds. The style is typical of the Northern Renaissance printmaking tradition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    block: 24.3 x 17 cm (9 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.9 x 19.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.133.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

2007

  • C. G. Boerner. Neue Lagerliste 120. Düsseldorf, 2007: no. 39.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower verso in graphite: Missale diosc. Argenin. Hagenoae, Thom Anshelm, 1520 Weale-89-Muther 1684 (1519)

Watermarks

heart (similar to Briquet 4205)

Wikidata ID

Q76438636

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