The crucifixion/ The elevation of the cross
Printmaker:
Monogrammist J S with the Shovel
Printmaker:
Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard
(Formerly attributed)
Printed both sides of sheet. Recto with the cross placed obliquely at right, the Virgin and St John on either side and the Three Maries kneeling at left; Verso, the elevation with three men lifting the cross, copied in reverse after Hans Baldung (Hollstein 214). The woodcuts were first used for the 'Evangelienbuch' with decorative borders printed by Thomas Anshelm in Haguenau, but later reprinted without borders as illustrations to 'Doctrina, Vita et Passio Iesu Christi', Frankfurt: Egenolph, 1537.
Method of acquisition: Given (1944) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
16th Century
Production date:
AD 1537
On verso Christ on the Cross, object number P.14a-1944
Sheet Height 151 mm Width 104 mm
Accession number: P.14-1944
Primary reference Number: 129832
Dodgson (BM German & Flemish): 9 (24)
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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