Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves

c. 1475

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a crucifixion scene. The image depicts three individuals crucified on wooden crosses, with two figures kneeling in prayer at the base of the central cross. The color palette consists of earthy tones with golden hues for the crosses and muted blue and pink for the cloaked figures below. The figures display simplified anatomical features typical of a woodblock print or an illuminated manuscript.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in blue, pink, ochre, green,and gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.810

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 965, State b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton W.M. Mensing; Sotheby's, December 16, 1936, lot 228.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 143, 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.

Wikidata ID

Q64953418

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