Christ on the Cross Between the Virgin and Moses

Hans Burgkmair

Date unknown · Woodcut and letterpress · Drawings and Prints

Christ on the Cross Between the Virgin and Moses — Hans Burgkmair

While the woodcut portion of this impression is consistent with published references, the letterpress inscription differs. Typically "EXALTATIO. S. CRUCIS" appears at top center, but here the inscription reads "WITTEMBERG," in large letters, level with Christ's knees, and below, "EXALTACIO.S. CRUCIS," level with Christ's feet. The other impressions were used as the frontispiece for "Ain Sermon von den Haylthumbern," a sermon delivered by Martin Luther in Wittemberg in 1522, with the title page on verso.

Artist
Hans Burgkmair
Date
Date unknown
Medium
Woodcut and letterpress
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
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