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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1927,0614.140
Title
Series:
The Passion of Christ
Description
Christ being taken down from the cross by a man who stands on a ladder, another man above eases him down with straps, below the Virgin has fainted. 1538 Woodcut
Producer name
After:
Girolamo de' Grandi
School/style
Italian
Production date
1538
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
280 millimetres
Width:
180 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment see 1927,0614.133.
Bibliographic references
Passavant 1860-64 / Le Peintre-Graveur
(VI.228.29)
Nagler 1858-79 / Die Monogrammisten
(1117)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
life of virgin
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
C G Boerner
(sale CLIV Leipzig 4/6.v.1927/783, 60M for 11 prints))
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony
(L.971)
Acquisition date
1927
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1927,0614.140