The Crucifixion

Unknown Artist German, 15th century

dotted/metal cutprint

Date

c. 1475

Medium

Metalcut from two plates in black, with hand-coloring, on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

32.2 × 25 cm (12 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

This imposing handcolored metalcut print was produced from two plates, including a similar but not identical outer border plate of visionary clouds and stars as The Man of Sorrows with Four Angels. It is therefore not the Crucifixion found bound into the same missal, but bears many similarities to it.

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