Albrecht Duerer - The Crucifixion - Ca. 1509

Albrecht Dürer - The Crucifixion - Ca. 1509 / Description: The Crucifixion, Meder 148 d. Woodcut from the Small Passion by Dürer. Original Dürer woodcut from an early edition without text, dating from circa 1544 -1589 based on the fragment of watermark in the paper ( Meder 220.a: 'Kleines Wappen von Kaufburen mit einfachen Sternen, as used in the 'Ehrenporte' published in 1559.) Christ is nailed to the cross by two henchmen, a third standing on the left in the background various people watching, in the foreground basket and tools. Original woodcut from circa 1509 by Dürer from the small passion, his first major project, and today his most celebrated, depicting the final days of Christ’s life. / Dimensions: 12,70 x 9,90 cm / Condition: Excellent brilliant sharp and evenly printed well contrasted black impression with intact borderline left nd right, with the holes in top and bottom borderline as described for state d. Early edition well ahead of the Italian text edition. On the full sheet of lead paper measuring 19,50 x 15,00 cm. Tipped with left border on a laid paper support sheet. Excellent untouched condition with no folds, tear or stains. / Literature: Meder 148 (d). With the gaps in the border as described for ''. ----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.120.39) --- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.296.83) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: Ca. 1509 1600