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The Scourging of Christ (verso), and The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), from Schatzbehalter (Treasury)
Michel Wolgemut1491, portfolio assembled 1929
- Attribution
- Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434/37–1519) printed and published by Anton Koberger (German, c. 1440/45–1513) original text by Stephan Fridolin (German, c. 1430–1498) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
- Medium
- Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image/block, verso: 25 × 17.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Image/block, recto: 25.2 × 17.6 cm (9 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 18.2 cm (10 3/4 × 7 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
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Michael Wolgemut (teacher of Albrecht Dürer, whose work can be seen nearby) produced this woodcut as part of a book about the life of Jesus. In the 15th century, illustrations in printed books were enlivened by the addition of hand-coloring in watercolor. The colorist of Wolgemut’s gruesome depiction of the flagellation emphasized Jesus’s suffering by adding streams of blood running down his body, a detail absent in the woodblock.
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