Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu Christi (Mirror of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ), bound with Catalogus sanctorum et gestorum
1507 and 1514
Author, German, died 1510/1519
Artist, German, c. 1480/1485 - 1538/1540
Artist, German, 1484/1485 - 1545
Artist, German, c. 1485 - 1522
Artist
Printer, German, 1485 - 1534
Author, Venetian, active 1350 - 1400
Artist
Printer, French, 1490 - 1515
Ulrich Pinder (author), Hans Leonard Schäufelein, Hans Baldung Grien, Hans Süss von Kulmbach, German 16th Century, as well as Pietro de Natali (author), and French 16th Century
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 77 woodcut illustrations in black on laid paper, with a preliminary page printed in red; bound with a second volume wich contains 242 woodcut illustrations
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.4 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
book: 30.7 x 23 x 6 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2008.43.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein: (Baldung Grien) 8 from 17-49, 212, 213, 214, (Schäufelein) 373, 710-738
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, Luzern); purchased 2008 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, nos. (Baldung Grien) 8 from 17-49, 212, 213, 214, (Schäufelein) 373, 710-738.
1962
Oldenbourg, M. Consuelo. Die Buchholzschnitte des Hans Baldung Grien. Baden-Baden: Heitz, 1962: 36-37.
Watermarks
watermark on front free end paper