Accession number
PML 11
Object title
[Passion of Christ woodcut series].
Published
[Augsburg?] : [s.n.], [1480-1490]
Description
[22] leaves : woodcuts ; 28 cm
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
All woodcuts trimmed and re-mounted on paper.
PML series includes 22 of 26 woodcuts, missing nos. 2, 23, 24, and 26.
Schreiber includes 26 woodcuts in this series, see Contents.
PML series includes 22 of 26 woodcuts, missing nos. 2, 23, 24, and 26.
Schreiber includes 26 woodcuts in this series, see Contents.
Binding
19th-century English brown morocco with blind-tooled centerpiece by Riviere and Son.
Variant title
Passio Jesu Christi
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Woodcuts hand painted, frames in red and silver with backgrounds in blue; figures in red, blue, green, yellow, and silver. Annotations: German inscription: "Go[tt] begnade hoffnung Ca. Lanndereching(?)," 15th/16th century (verso of print 1).
Provenance
Anna Widmann, of Burghausen (Bavaria, maybe Raitenhaslach abbey), inscription: "Anna Widmann Canntz[ler] zur burghausen gehert [...]," 16th century (verso of print 1); inscription: "ist das puech," but in a different hand from Widmann, 16th century (verso of print 1); Ursberg Abbey (Swabia), inscription: "Aus der Ursbergischen Lib[erei]," 17th century (verso of print 1); [Salzburg, Nonnberg Abbey, identified by Schmidt, Gedruckte Bilder in handgeschriebene Büchern, 278n58, as "Nonnberger Bibliotheksvermerk" but unclear evidence]; Amsler und Ruthardt Kunst Antiquariat, Berlin, ca. 1891 (with all 26 woodcuts in series, see Schreiber); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown), only bought 22 of the series; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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