Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5427743
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Christus voor Herodes
Technique
Year
1509
Print run
Publisher
Dimensions
24,8 x 17,0
Printing office
Details

Christ is brought before Herod by soldiers. At the bottom of the margin is an ornament with putti and garlands. The depiction is commonly known as Christ to Herod. The top edge of the print with a round arch and the two shields with electoral and ducal coats of arms of Saxony. Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Leaf from: ,, Passio D.N. Jesu Christi, venustissimis imaginibus more elegant expressa ab illustrissimi Saxoniae Ducis Pictore Luca Cranogio Anno 1509 '' (Wittenberg). Verso: text in German. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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