Christ on the Cross

1470/1480

German 15th Century

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in blue, red, yellow, green, gold, orange and tarnished silver (or gold alloy?) leaf on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 7.8 × 5.8 cm (3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.489

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 455, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Heitz, Strassburg. (Charles Stonehill, London); purchased 1938 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 69, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965: no. 69.

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64952925

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