Artist unknown
German, 15th century
Man of Sorrows
INV-1057
Artist unknown
German, 15th century1465/70
Man of Sorrows
Artist unknown German, 15th century →woodcutprint
Date
1465/70
Medium
Woodcut hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream laid paper, edge-mounted to vellum, laid down on wooden book cover covered in hand-tooled leather with tooled metal hinges
Dimensions
Image: 39.7 × 26.2 cm (15 11/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.5 × 26.9 cm (16 × 10 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Waller Fund; gifts of Mrs. Tiffany Blake, Thomas E. Donnelley, Emil Eitel, Carolyn Morse Ely, Alfred E. Hamill, Frank B. Hubachek, Monarch Leather, and Mrs. Potter Palmer
Images such as the Man of Sorrows were intended to shock the beholder into repentance. The pristine condition, and even survival, of this hand-colored woodcut is primarily due to its having been pasted-like many early devotional woodcuts-within a protective book cover. This unique impression was discovered amidst the rubble during the bombardment of London in 1945.
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