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Object Type
print
Museum number
1911,1218.6
Description
The raising of Lazarus; among a large crowd gathered in an area enclosed by a wall Lazarus seated on the tombstone in centre foreground; Christ standing at right, Mary kneeling to his right, Martha standing at left; at right a Pharisee emerging from a building; in background behind the wall landscape background with Christ healing the daughter of the Canaanite Woman at left; printed from eight blocks. Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Schäufelein
School/style
German
Production date
1510-1540
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
370 millimetres
(Per block c.)
Height:
739 millimetres
Width:
1058 millimetres
Width:
262 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For the Canaanite Woman's daughter see Matthew 15,22-28.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(14)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(II.55.5)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.249.17)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
raising of lazarus
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Lazarus
Representation of:
Mary of Bethany
Representation of:
Martha
Representation of:
Apostles
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Craddock & Barnard
Acquisition date
1911
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1911,1218.6