Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

1491

German 15th Century (Augsburg)

Associated Names
German 15th Century (Augsburg)

Artist

Erhard Ratdolt

Publisher, German, 1447 - 1528

This is a painting of a religious scene depicting the crucifixion. The central figure is a man on a cross with a halo, and the cross is set against a blue sky. Flanking the man on the cross are two haloed figures, one on each side, wearing distinct flowing garments. The one on the left is dressed in blue, and the one on the right is in red and green. The ground is covered with green vegetation, and a skull is depicted at the base of the cross. The composition is bordered with a decorative frame and contains Latin text at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut, printed in black, red, blue, brown, olive, and yellow on vellum, and hand-colored in blue, pinkish beige, and some touches of red on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.8 x 13.7 cm (8 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.4 x 19.9 cm (11 9/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.60.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Heitz and Schreiber 1910, no. 1

  • Series Title

    Missale Augustanum

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector FG (similar to Lugt 1003, Gauermann, but not the same). (August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 15, repro. fig. 18.

Bibliography

1910

  • Heitz, Paul, and W.L. Schreiber, Christus am Kreuz : Kanonbilder der in Deutschland gedruckten Messbücher des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts.
    Strassburg, 1910, no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower center: Or famulu tuum... / ... tempoubus

Wikidata ID

Q76439150

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