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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1920,1009.11
Description
The Crucifixion; Christ at centre, between the two thieves; below stand soldiers, the Virgin, St John and others; proof. c. 1509 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Lucas Cranach the Elder
School/style
German
Production date
1509
(c.)
Materials
vellum
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
246 millimetres
(borderlines)
Width:
169 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Part of a Passion series, consisting of fourteen woodcuts (an incomplete set). Two impressions on paper are also extant at the BM. See Dodgson and Hollstein for the different editions in which the woodcuts were used. Cf. D. Koepplin / T. Falk, Lucas Cranach: Gemälde - Zeichnungen - Graphik, 2 vols, exh. cat. Kunstmuseum Basel, 1974, no. 320.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(20)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(II.298.73)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(17)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
crucifixion
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
St Mary Magdalene
Representation of:
St John the Evangelist
Representation of:
Pontius Pilate
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Maj G H Anson
Acquisition date
1920
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1920,1009.11