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German 15th Century

Christ on the Cross with Angels, 1483

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Medium

woodcut hand-colored with gouache, printed on vellum

Dimensions

block: 24.9 x 17.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

sheet: 30 x 20 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Schreiber 1926, no. 956

Accession Number

2008.18.1

Artists / Makers

German 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

long calligraphic text in red and brown ink

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard

Bibliography

1926: Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930, no. 956.

2007: Bernard Quaritch. Illustrated Books, Catalogue 1359. London, 2007: no. 1.

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