G3621: Christ Bearing the Cross, with Saint Veronica

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G3621

People

Martin Schongauer, German (Colmar c. 1450 - 1491 Breisach am Rhein)

Title

Christ Bearing the Cross, with Saint Veronica

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Passion

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

15th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/277919

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on off white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet, trimmed to platemark: 16.2 x 11.4 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on plate, l.c.: signed with artist's device "MS"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

B 16, L 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G3621

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Anne Elvey, Carol Hogan, Kim Power, and Claire Renkin, ed., Reinterpreting the Eucharist: Explorations in Feminist Theology and Ethics, Equinox (Sheffield, England and Bristol, CT, 2013), p. 136; repr. as fig. 8.1, p. 135

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/02/2016 - 09/01/2016
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

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