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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Southern Germany, Swabia, 15th century Creator Name-CRT: Southern Germany, Swabia, 15th century Title: Pietà Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1435 Creation End Date: 1450 Creation Date: c. 1435-1450 Object Type: Prints Classification Term: Print Materials and Techniques: woodcut, colored by hand Dimensions: Sheet: 38.7cm x 28.8cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 2002.4 Credit Line: Severance Millikin Trust Rights: http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html Provenance: [Sotheby's, London, June 27th, 1988, lot 65]; [N.G. Stogdon, London, German and Netherlandish Woodcuts of the 15th and 16th Centuries, 1991, cat. no 1]; Idemitsu Corporation Museum, Tokyo; [Christie's, London, July 3, 2001, lot 31], bought by N.G. Stogdon and Bob Light Style or Period: Southern Germany, Swabia, 15th century Context: Although playing cards were also produced, the great majority of 15th-century woodcuts depicted religious subjects. Narratives about Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints were pictured for the spiritual enlightenment of a mostly illiterate public. These simple, direct images, sold at pilgrimage sites and fairs, were pasted onto altarpieces and walls to be used for personal devotion. Since they were invested with near magical powers, woodcuts were also sewn into clothing and placed in books and other personal objects to protect against sickness, famine, and war.The color and style of the Pietà indicate it was probably produced during the mid-1400s in southern Germany and inspired by sculptural prototypes-polychromed wood and stone pietàs, known as Vesperbilder, were common in Germany at the time (see an example in Gallery 214). The Pietà's large size, fresh color, and relatively fine state of preservation make it exceedingly rare; there are only about twenty northern single sheet (single image) woodcuts extant. Perhaps these large images had a more public function, so few have survived. AMICA ID: CMA_.2002.4 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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