Christus in de rozenkrans, Albrecht Dürer (school of), 1515

Title(s)

Christus in de rozenkrans

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1919-1977

Catalogue reference

• Bartsch 29
  Remark: Appendice

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2233
• collector's mark: Lugt 2525

Description

Christus aan het kruis, omringd door God, de Heilige Geest, heiligen en bijbelse figuren, allen binnen een rozenkrans. Buiten deze krans een Gregoriusmis, de zweetdoek van Veronica, de stigmatisatie van Franciscus en engelen die zielen uit de hel redden. Onder de voorstelling tien regels gedrukte Latijnse tekst en het jaartal 1515 in Romeinse cijfers.

Artist

• print maker: Albrecht Dürer (school of)

Place

Neurenberg

Dating

1515

Material

• paper

Technique

letterpress printing

Measurements

height 227 mm × width 143 mm
height 171 mm × width 143 mm

What

• other types of crucified Christ in non-narrative context
• the mass of St. Gregory the Great: Christ appears above the altar with the instruments of the Passion; maybe blood spouts from Christ's side
• aids for prayer, e.g. rosary
• Holy Trinity in which one, two or all figures are represented in human shape
• stigmatization of St. Francis of Assisi: in retreat on Mount Alverna, he beholds a vision of Christ on the cross enveloped by wings (like a seraph with six wings); rays passing down to the body of the kneeling saint form the marks of the five wounds of Christ
• 'Vera Icon', held up by angels

Acquisition

purchase 1919

Copyright

Public domain

• The German single-leaf woodcut, Max Geisberg, deel 2, cat.nr. 759