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Descent from the Cross with a Silhouette of Jerusalem in the Background

A work made of graphite, with smudging, on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of graphite, with smudging, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1852

Artist:

Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp
German, 1794-1876

About this artwork

Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp studied in Prague, but he spent much of his artistic life in Rome, where he founded a German artist union (Kunstverein). Known for his portraits and prints for several artist albums (Künstleralben), he was also an aspiring history painter. This sparely delineated, luminous drawing relates to an etching by the artist from the same period. Indeed, the Latin term Hebdoma Sancta in the inscription suggests he drew it in Rome during Holy Week.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp

Title

Descent from the Cross with a Silhouette of Jerusalem in the Background

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1852

Medium

Graphite, with smudging, on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in graphite: F Nardorp inv & del / Romae / Hebdomada Sancta /1852;; inscribed verso, center, in graphite: Franz Nadorp / 1784–1876; lower at center, in graphite: di Vetsfalia [sic] / morto 17 Settembre 1876 ?; lower left, in graphite: 13824 / mzf / No.; lower center, in graphite: F. Nadorp / ZJSXSSIV / 33 [encircled]

Dimensions

40.8 × 28.7 cm (16 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.994

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