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The Lamentation of Christ with the Virgin, Saint John, Mary Magdalene, and a Donor

The Lamentation of Christ with the Virgin, Saint John, Mary Magdalene, and a Donor

(South German (Swabian), about 1460–1480)
about 1460–80
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut in brown ink with hand-applied watercolor
DimensionsOverall: 37.5 × 27.5 cm (14 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number53.359
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsFour lines of Latin verse carved in the block below the image (not transcribed)
ProvenanceMay 12, 1902, anonymous ("from a very old and prominent family library") sale, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 456. March 2-4, 1953, anonymous sale, Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, lot 47, to William H. Schab (dealer), New York; April 9, 1953, sold by Schab to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 9, 1953)