M2551: The Crowning with Thorns

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M2551

People

Christoffel van Sichem II, Dutch (1577 - 1658)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

The Crowning with Thorns

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Christ Crowned with Thorns and Beaten
Series/Book Title: The Passion of Christ
Series/Book Title: Bibel Tresoor ofte der Zielen Lusthof, Amsterdam 1646

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1646

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/260721

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

sheet: 11.2 x 7.5 cm (4 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: HG. CVS.
• inscription: printed in black ink from the block, lower right foreground: HG. [monogram] CVS [monogram]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2551
• inscription: verso, graphite: 2551
• design: verso, woodcut: [Christ before Pilate (New Hollstein (Goltzius, see vol. 1, p. 47) 21 copy e but unsigned]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein (Goltzius, see vol. 1, p. 47) 23 copy e, Hollstein 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Reverend Max Kellner

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

M2551

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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