Christ at the Cross
ca. 1506
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 7/16 in. (34 × 26.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.74
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Christ at the Cross** Hans Schäufelein, around 1506, is a woodcut print measuring 13 3/8 × 10 7/16 inches, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department. This work captures the dramatic Crucifixion scene, featuring Christ on the cross amid human figures and horses, evoking the intensity of Calvary. Acquired in 1917 through the Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, it exemplifies early 16th-century German printmaking, a time when woodcuts democratized religious imagery for a wide audience beyond elite patrons. Woodcuts like this one were carved in relief on wood blocks, inked,...
About the Artist
Hans Schäufelein · 1480–1540
Hans Schäufelein (c. 1480–c. 1540) was a German painter and graphic artist of the Northern Renaissance whose career placed him at the heart of one of the most dynamic artistic environments in European history. As a young man, he entered the workshop of Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg, an experience that proved decisive: Dürer's meticulous approach to draughtsmanship, his mastery of printmaking, and hi...