Christ on the Mount of Olives, from: The Passion

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LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (1472-1553)
Christ on the Mount of Olives, from: The Passion
woodcut, 1509, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression, printing very clearly and evenly, with a narrow margin below, trimmed to the borderline elsewhere, in very good condition
Block 248 x 169 mm., Sheet 249 x 169 mm.

Literature

Bartsch 7; Hollstein 10

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Lot Essay

Lucas Cranach's Passion was first published in Wittenberg in 1509 and then, in diminishing quality as the blocks deteriorated, in six subsequent editions, the last being printed as late as 1616 in Amsterdam. Fine proof impressions without text, such as the present ones (see also lot 46), are exceedingly rare. Only in such clear, early impressions can the beauty of Cranach's woodcuts be fully appreciated.

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