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Sebald Beham and Albrecht Dürer

Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns

c. 1520, printed later

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Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns

c. 1520, printed later

Physical Qualities Woodcut, Sheet (trimmed to borderline on three sides): 498 x 322 mm. (19 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.) Image: 425 x 322 mm. (16 3/4 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.138
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Susan Dackerman, BMA, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color, Oct. 6, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003; tour to The Saint Louis Art Museum, February 14- May 18, 2003.

Images of Christianity, 1982-84, Maryland Arts Council Traveling Exhibition, cat. 8 (illustrated).
Susan Dackerman, BMA, exhibition catalogue, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color, Oct. 6, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003; tour to The Saint Louis Art Museum, February 14- May 18, 2003.
Images of Christianity, 1982-84, Maryland Arts Council Traveling Exhibition, cat. 8 (illustrated).

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in block Dürer's monogram "AD". Verso: lower right in graphite diamond with "6257"

Markings: CM: Claghorn (faint) WM: pomegranate on shield (unidentified, but similar to a watermark dating c. 1600 in Meder)

Artist

Sebald Beham

German, 1500-1550

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Artist

Albrecht Dürer

German, 1471-1528

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