Christ on the Cross with Angels

1483

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut hand-colored with gouache, printed on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    block: 24.9 x 17.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 30 x 20 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.18.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber 1926, no. 956

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930, no. 956.

2007

  • Bernard Quaritch. Illustrated Books, Catalogue 1359. London, 2007: no. 1.

Inscriptions

long calligraphic text in red and brown ink

Wikidata ID

Q76439042

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