M13648.A-B: The Crucifixion; verso: Die Juden-Sau ('The Jewish Sow')
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M13648.A-B
- People
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Klaus (Master Claus) von Breisach, German (late 15th century)
Claus Wolff Strigel (Late 15th century)
- Title
- The Crucifixion; verso: Die Juden-Sau ('The Jewish Sow')
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 15th century
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/258314
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- 46 × 32 cm (18 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in design: Wir Juden sollen all ausehen wie uns nicht der ... ist geschehen/ Des sollen wir nid vergessen, Schweinefleisch sollen wir nicht essen/ Sug liebes Bruder-Herz, so bloss ihm in den Arsch/ Nun sehen liebe Lut wie ich von der Muter Brut, um das wir nit essen schwein brotten, darumb sind wir geil [?]. und stinkt uns der Atem.
- inscription: ornate hand, black ink, margins: Diese Satire auf die Judenschaft ist wahrscheinlich einer der ersten Holzschnitte aus dem 15. Jahrhundert. Transcription of captions from print. Siehe Archif v: Meusel T.2. fol. 123. Der Preiss 2 [Thaler?]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- H. 1,2
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- M13648.A-B
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, 2022), pp. 352-353, repr. p. 353 as fig. 11-15
Verification Level
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