Chest-on-chest
Medium
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, white cedar, yellow pine, tulip poplar
Dimensions
97 1/2 x 46 7/8 x 24 1/4 in. (247.7 x 119.1 x 61.6 cm)
Classification
Chest-on-chest
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of the American Wing and Rogers Funds; Virginia Groomes Gift, in memory of Mary W. Groomes, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Danziger, Herman Merkin and Anonymous Gifts, 1975
Accession Number
1975.91
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Art Historical Context
"Christus spreekt met J" (Christ Speaks with the Jews) is a delicate woodcut illustration from 1503, measuring just 98 x 142 mm on paper This single leaf forms part of a set of 113 woodcutsning an anonymous Dutch translation of Ludus de Saxonia's text, *Dit es dleué liefs heeren Ihesu Christi* (This is the Life Our Dear Lord Jesus Christ Published in Antwerp by Henrick Eck van Homberch, book brought the meditative life of Christ to everyday readers during the vibrant early printing era of the Northern Renaissance. Attributed to the enigmatic Master of Delft—also known as the second Master of ...