Massacre of the Firstborn and Egyptian Darkness

c. 1490

Spanish 15th Century

Associated Names
This print shows two different vertical scenes placed next to each other. The left side shows a street scene framed by white buildings with red roofs. Several people lay on the street, and others look down at them through open windows or doors. The background of this print is white, and the people are dressed in bright red and green. In the scene on the right, a group of men in long robes and turbans approach a seated man on the left. They once again wear shades of green and red, and the throne or chair the man sits on has a green, white, and red design. The background of this print is black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.716

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, undescribed


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 32.

Bibliography

1926

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

Wikidata ID

Q64953233

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