Identification title(s): man of sorrows. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1949-655. Catalog reference: , le. Blanc 2. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2760 collector's mark; , verso, stamped: 'pmmh', small stamp in black ink with initials circled. Collector's mark, recto, stamped: lugt 741. Description: christ as man of sorrows, sitting with his arms folded. Numbered bottom left: 8. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: girolamo olgiati (mentioned on object), printmaker: albrecht dürer (rejected attribution), after print by: ludwig krug (mentioned on object), after drawing by: hans suess von kulmbach (possibly). Place of manufacture: printmaker: venice, printmaker: germany, after print by: germany, after drawing by: germany. Dating: ca. 1567 - ca. 1575. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: top: h 113 mm (cut off inside the plate edge. ) × w 82 mm (cut off inside the plate edge. ) explanation free copy after a print by ludwig krug, possibly after a drawing by hans von kulmbach. The print shows a false monogram by albrecht dürer at the bottom right. Subject: what: man of sorrows, 'imago pietatis', 'erbärmdebild', 'schmerzensmann'; the upright christ showing his wounds, usually bearing the crown of thorns, and accompanied by the instruments of the passion, standing or sitting in his tomb. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1949. Date: ca. 1567 - ca. 1575.
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