- Museum number
- 1846,0918.7
- Description
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The Crucifixion, after Holbein the Younger; Christ with the two thieves on either side, Virgin and St John at right, man descending a ladder, another holding a sponge on a stick, soldiers at left, framed by ornamental pillars
Offset from a pen and black ink drawing
- Production date
- 1572-1576 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 403 millimetres
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Width: 295 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For a discussion of the series of offsets to which this belongs, and the originals from which they are derived, see 1846,0918.1. A drawn copy (39.5 X 25.1 cm) in the same direction as the original in Basel (inv. no. 1662.121) is at Munich (Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 6573).
Literature from J.Rowlands, 'Drawings by German Artists in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum', London, 1993, no.315: 'Sandrart, Teutsche Academie, pp. 102, 333; Lawrence Inventory, no. 32, case 6, drawer 4, or case 7, drawer 3; Waagen, Treasures, i, p. 236; BM Guide, 1862 (1867), p. 6, no. 7; Woltmann, i, pp. 172-3, ii, pp. 56, 133, no. 183; LB, ii, p. 328, no. 7; Basel, Holbein, p. 262, under no. 295'
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1862(67), BM London, Guide Drawing&Prints, King’s Library, no. 7
- Acquisition date
- 1846
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1846,0918.7