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The Round Passion: Christ Carrying the Cross

A work made of engraving in black on buff laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on buff laid paper.

Date:

1509

Artist:

Lucas van Leyden
Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533

About this artwork

Lucas van Leyden’s unique series of nine circular engravings of Christ’s Passion was very popular in its day. The scroll at the top includes the series’s date, and the tablet hanging from the branch of a tree stump displays the artist’s signature. This impression has been trimmed to the outer plate mark. While no similarly trimmed impressions of this print pasted on boxes are known, it is possible it was used as a design for a stained-glass window.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Lucas van Leyden

Title

The Round Passion: Christ Carrying the Cross

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1509

Medium

Engraving in black on buff laid paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 28.3 × 28.5 cm (11 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1938.1578

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