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[Passion of Christ woodcut series].

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.
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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Department