About this artwork
Michael Wolgemut (teacher of Albrecht Dürer, whose work can be seen nearby) produced this woodcut as part of a book about the life of Jesus. In the 15th century, illustrations in printed books were enlivened by the addition of hand-coloring in watercolor. The colorist of Wolgemut’s gruesome depiction of the flagellation emphasized Jesus’s suffering by adding streams of blood running down his body, a detail absent in the woodblock.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Michel Wolgemut
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Title
- The Scourging of Christ (verso), and The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), from Schatzbehalter (Treasury)
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Origin
- Germany
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Date
- Original 1491
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Medium
- Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper
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Inscriptions
- Stamp verso upper left, in black: "Veräussert" (in rectangle); stamp recto upper left, in black: "Bayerisches National Museum" (in oval with crest), upper right, in purple: (illegible, in circle)
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Dimensions
- 250 × 175 mm (image/block, verso); 252 × 176 mm (image/block, recto); 272 × 182 mm (sheet)
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Credit Line
- Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
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Reference Number
- 1938.86.21
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/129321/manifest.json
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