Hans Wechtlin the Elder
Crucifixion
1522
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, TBC: 218 × 168 mm. (8 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.8 × 7.8 cm. (10 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the 'Life of Christ'
Credit Line
Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number
1946.111a
Purchase, Mr. Werther, 6/4/46
Inscribed: Front: "Passion, oder das lyden" ("Passion, or suffering). Scroll: "Vere filius dei erat iste." ("Truly, this is the Son of God," Matthew 27:54, Mark 15:39). Verso: Text begins "Jesus Christ. On the leading of Jesus into the city, and his companions, wretched and weeping, and the cross-bearer, Simon of Cyrene.
Markings: Recto: 2299 stamp, lower left corner; 1522 Str. Schott. Geiler: Postill, graphite writing. Verso: Blanche Adler stamp, lower right corner.
Artist
Hans Wechtlin the Elder
German, active 1485 - c. 1526
German, active 1485 - c. 1526
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