Accession number
MS M.935
Object title
Crucifixion (MS M.935).
Created
Germany, probably Strassburg, 1636.
Credit line
Bequest from the Estate of Governor Herbert H. Lehman, 1968.
Description
1 leaf, matted : vellum, ill. ; 175 x 119 mm
Provenance
Edouard Kann Collection, Paris, to 1927; Wildenstein and Company, New York and Paris; Herbert H. Lehman; bequest from the estate of Herbert H. Lehman in 1968.
Notes
Ms. single leaf with a miniature portraying the Crucifixion; illuminated in Germany, probably Strassburg, in 1636 (signed and dated on lower border).
Decoration: 1 miniature portraying the Crucifixion, copy of a 1598 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius: Calvary (The Passion), Bartsch 36, Hirschmann 30 (see W.L. Straus, Hendrik Goltzius 1558-1617: The Complete Engravings and Woodcuts, 1977, v. II, no. 354)
Artist: Friedrich Brentel (signed and dated F. Brentel 1636 on lower gold border of miniature).
Decoration: 1 miniature portraying the Crucifixion, copy of a 1598 engraving by Hendrik Goltzius: Calvary (The Passion), Bartsch 36, Hirschmann 30 (see W.L. Straus, Hendrik Goltzius 1558-1617: The Complete Engravings and Woodcuts, 1977, v. II, no. 354)
Artist: Friedrich Brentel (signed and dated F. Brentel 1636 on lower gold border of miniature).
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