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German

Crucifixion with Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist, 1490-1500

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

German

Title

Crucifixion with Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist

Year

1490-1500

Medium

woodcut with watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 24.8 x 17.2 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink below image: "Ex missali Ordin. majoris ecclesiae hildensemensis 1490 circiter"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

29.037

About

Made by transferring ink from a carved woodblock onto a sheet of paper, woodcuts were the earliest printed images in the Western world. In the 1400s, woodcuts were printed in black or sometimes dark brown ink (as in the Adoration, on the left), then frequently were hand-colored with thin layers of transparent pigments. While the flat, swiftly applied coloring in the Adoration speaks of rapid production, the carefully colored Crucifixion is more typical of woodcuts that illustrated printed books. Central to Christian symbolism, the blood of Jesus rarely was depicted by black woodcut lines, suggesting that printmakers expected the images to be completed with the addition of color.

Inscribed in pen and ink below image: "Ex missali Ordin. majoris ecclesiae hildensemensis 1490 circiter"

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 10

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

German Renaissance Graphics from the Museum's Collection

November 28, 1961 - January 7, 1962

Woodcuts of the 15th and 16th Centuries

October 2 - November 10, 1948

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Crucifixion with Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist with the accession number of 29.037. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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