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The Descent from the Cross

Albrecht Altdorfer

The Descent from the Cross

1512

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Albrecht Altdorfer

The Descent from the Cross

1512

Physical Qualities Woodcut, Sheet: 72 x 48 mm. (2 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 2003.203.29
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Hill-Stone, Inc. New York.
Hollstein, F.W.H., et al. The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700, Albrecht and Erhard Altdorfer, c.1997, pp. 98-112, W.1-40.

Geisberg, Max. Der deutsche Einblatt-Holzschnitt in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts (Munich: Hugo Schmidt Verlag, 1923-1931): no. 10-44.

Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954- ongoing 2000): vol. I, pp. 146-269, #1-40.

Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen (Munich: R. Piper und Co., 1963). [MBMu].

Bartsch, Adam, et al. The Illustrated Bartsch (New York: Abaris Books, 1978 - ongoing 2001): vol. 14, pp. 9-170 [MH-FA], #1-40.

Mielke, Ursula Kaufmann (compiler). "Albrecht and Erhard Altdorfer" in Hollstein, F. W. H. The new Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, 1400-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1997): vol. [2], pp. 13-186.

Inscribed: RECTO: UL: [artist monogram] "AA"

Artist

Albrecht Altdorfer

2000–2000

German, c. 1480-1538
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