Christ Crowned with Thorns (from the series "The Fall and Redemption of Man")
Albrecht Altdorfer, German, 1480 - 1538
1513
Woodcut on paper
Block: 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (7.1 × 4.9 cm)
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 in. (7.5 × 5.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.948.52.1A
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in block, center right: AA [artist's monogram: A over A] [inscribed on pillar]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, center: 400g; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower center: B 24 / 25bn4/fsa [underlined]
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch 24, Hollstein 24, F. Winzinger, Albrecht Altdorfer Graphik, Munchen, 1963, no. 49.
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