Christ carrying the cross.

Accession number: 
PML 199076
Published: 
[Southern Germany], [approximately 1440]
Description: 
1 print : woodcut ; sheet: 13.8 x 10.5 cm
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, 2024.
Notes: 

Printing place and date from Schreiber (following Rosenthal).
See: Bible. N.T. John 19.16.
Woodcut frame (printed area): 10.8 x 8.2 cm.
Printed on parchment.
Perhaps from same set as Pilate Washing his Hands (Schr. 277; Albertina, DG1930/42), Crowning with Thorns (Schr. 313; Albertina, DG1930/43).

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Sewing holes in the four corners. Two small cracks/tears in parchment in lower-half.
Hand colored: Christ's robe is painted pale blue; his head, arms and legs are dripping with blood, and his halo is highlighted in gold, with the crown of thorns i

Provenance: 
Jacques Rosenthal Antiquariat, had in stock in 1909 (cited in Schreiber); August Laube, catalogue (autumn 2012), no. 1; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Erasmushaus (Basel) on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, Jan. 2024.
Summary: 

The image shows Christ walking to the right with the cross on his left shoulder, which he holds with both hands. A bare-headed man is dragging Christ by a rope around his waist, while another man following them holds Christ by the waist with his right hand and is about to strike him with his left fist.

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