Advanced Search
Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John
Lucas Cranach, the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Other (woodcut border): 26.1 x 17.2 cm (10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP18942
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (relief) 021; Hollstein 27
Description
Signed
Signed lower right: [winged serpent]
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 18942 [Lugt 1870]; in ink: BVII p. 281 N. 21; in graphite: 125; 319; bl; Ph; Ba; 319; N3; Fx-
InscriptionsIn block, at top or cross: I N[backwards] R I
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note 1]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE:
[1] Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized and executed in 1897, one year after his death.