Inscription
at bottom, in block: Das hertz ist durch stohen worden mit / dem sper unsers heren ihesu cristi (This heart has been pierced with the spear [that pierced] our Lord Jesus Christ) [translation from Parshall, Peter, and Rainer Schoch. _Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public._ Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2005, p. 261.]
Provenance
Anton W.M. Mensing; Sotheby's, December 16, 1936, lot 228.
Exhibition History
- 1965
- Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 259, repro.
- 2005
- Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public, NGA and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 2005-2006, no. 79, 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.
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