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Christ Carrying the Cross
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The engraving was hand-colored by Georg Mack the Elder circa 1588 (initialed "GM" in gold). The recto border of the vellum mount is decorated with a scroll of tiger lilies and blue flowers and a bird above and a grasshopper below. The verso has a German manuscript text in brown ink and gold relating to the Suffering of Christ, and the border is decorated with a scroll of red and pink carnations, a different flower above, a pheasant, an ant, a snail and a quail.
Department of Prints
[Helmut H. Rumbler Kunsthandlung Frankfurt-am-Main Germany by 1989] to; Samuel Josefowitz Collection London 1989 sold; [Christie's New York "Albrecht Dürer Masterpieces from a Private Collection " 29 January 2013 lot 39] to; [C.G. Boerner LLC New York] to; Harvard Art Museums Fogg Museum 2013.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Acquisition Fund for Prints
Title: Christ Carrying the Cross
Description:
The engraving was hand-colored by Georg Mack the Elder circa 1588 (initialed "GM" in gold).
The recto border of the vellum mount is decorated with a scroll of tiger lilies and blue flowers and a bird above and a grasshopper below.
The verso has a German manuscript text in brown ink and gold relating to the Suffering of Christ, and the border is decorated with a scroll of red and pink carnations, a different flower above, a pheasant, an ant, a snail and a quail.
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