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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8366
People
Anonymous Germany 1499, German (15th century)
Title
Crucifixion
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/277082

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscription on mat: [378a] Christ on the Cross: I know of lots of similar prints but have never seen this one...this cross hatching as well as the broad shoe of the Virgin prove that it cannot be earlier than 1490 and it may even by of the beginning of the XVI the century.- WL Schrieber (per Tom)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Sch. 378a, Heitz 97, pl. I

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8366
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim

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