Christ on the Cross

1470/1480

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a crucifixion scene with three figures. The central figure is nailed to the cross with outstretched arms and a crown of thorns. Two smaller figures on each side wear detailed robes and have somber expressions. All figures are haloed. The background has a textured surface with subtle linear details, set against a muted color palette. The ground is depicted as green.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    metalcut, hand-colored in green, red, and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6 × 4.3 cm (2 3/8 × 1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.863

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2328

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; 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

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 340, 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

Q64953510

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