Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5427769
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
De Graflegging
Technique
Year
1509
Print run
Publisher
Dimensions
24,9 x 17,1
Printing office
Details

The dead body of Christ is placed in the tomb with a cloth by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Mary and John bend over the tomb. Mary Magdalene kneels before the grave. At the top left of a tree are two shields with the electoral and ducal coat 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). Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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