Christ as the Man of Sorrows

c. 1470/1480

after Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

Israhel van Meckenem

Artist After, German, c. 1445 - 1503

This circular print shows a man from the waist up. He faces us, but his eyes are closed and his head is angled downward. He has a straight nose, thin lips, a beard, and medium-length, wavy hair. He is shirtless, with his hands crossed over his abdomen, and there is a hole in the back of his visible hand. A halo is depicted around his head. In the background, there is a horizontal wooden beam that passes behind his head. Above the beam are letters or numerals. In front of and behind the man are diagonal stripes of faint orange, which is the only color present in the print besides the dark lines and tan background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.754

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.349, no. 445, State b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1937; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 158, repro.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

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

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 158.

Wikidata ID

Q64953325

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