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LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472-1553)
Lot 46 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472-1553)

The Crucifixion, from: The Passion

Closed29 January 2019

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LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472-1553)
The Crucifixion, from: The Passion
woodcut, 1509, on laid paper, watermark Small Bull's Head with Staff and Maltese Cross, a very fine impression, printing very clearly and evenly, trimmed to or just outside the borderline, in very good condition
Block & Sheet 250 x 170 mm.

Specialist note

Lucas Cranach's Passion was first published in Wittenberg in 1509 and then, in diminishing quality as the blocks deteriorated, in six subsequent editions, the last being printed as late as 1616 in Amsterdam. Fine proof impressions without text, such as the present ones (see also lot 45), are exceedingly rare. Only in such clear, early impressions can the beauty of Cranach's woodcuts be fully appreciated.