May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 1

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
GERMAN SCHOOL, 15TH-CENTURY
The Crucifixion.

Woodcut. 422x273 mm; 165/8x103/4 inches, small to thread margins. The letter M in a circle watermark.

According to both Schreiber and Nagler, the presence of the Augsburg coat-of-arms in the lower center of the image next to the artist's name "Claus" refers to the Augsburg artist Claus Wolff Strigel as the author of this work.

An extremely scarce print; we have not found another impression at auction in the past 20 years. Schreiber 947.