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A Reliquary with the Pietà

Lucas Cranach, the Elder (German, 1472–1553)

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Other (woodcut border): 13.2 x 6.5 cm (5 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the class in the History of Engraving
Accession NumberM8883
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch (relief) 084; Hollstein 96
DescriptionIllustration extracted from a copy of the Wittenberg Heiltumsbuch.
Signed Not signed
Marks Verso, collector's stamp in black: WBS [William Bell Scott; Lugt 2607]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 8883; in graphite: 8883 [circled]; 64369; B. 84
InscriptionsVerso: [letterpress in German]
ProvenanceWilliam Bell Scott (b. 1 811 - d. 1890) London; December, 1892 gift of [?] to the MFA.