Christ on the Cross

1764

Martin Johann Schmidt

Associated Names
Martin Johann Schmidt

Artist, Austrian, 1718 - 1801

This is a drawing of a crucifixion scene. The image depicts a figure on a cross, with another figure kneeling at the base, and additional figures in the background, adjoined by a horse, underneath a dramatic, swirling sky. The composition is detailed, with hatch-lined shading creating contrast and depth, highlighting the figures and the texture of the terrain. The elements in the background provide an atmospheric context to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.81 × 12.54 cm (9 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.39 × 23.18 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Garzarolli-Thurnlackh 1925, no. 13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably William E. Suida [1]; by descent Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018
[1] per Alessandra Manning Dolnier

Associated Names

Bibliography

1925

  • Karl Garzarolli-Thurnlackh. Das graphische Werk Martin Johann Schmidt's. Zurich, 1925: no. 13

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Mart. Joa. Schmidt fec. 1764; lower center in plate: Der Sterbende Heiland [The Dying Saviour] / Auf der Schwechat bey Wien hoch ii Sch.; lower left verso in graphite: 15

Wikidata ID

Q77260960

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