Christ Healing the Leper, from Das Plenarium
Medium
Woodcut (hand-colored)
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (9.4 × 6.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1961
Accession Number
61.663.339
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of early 16th-century Germanmaking, *Christ Healing the Leper stands as a gem from *Das Plenarium*, a richly illustrated plenary missal—a comprehensive prayer book for the liturgical year—published in 1517 by Adam Petri with designs by Hans Schäufelein This Northern Renaissance artist, who trained under Albrecht Dürer, captured the biblical miracle from Mark 1:40-45, where Jesus touches and heals a kneeling leper, emphasizing themes of compassion, faith, and divine power amid widespread fears of illness. Crafted as a hand-colored woodcut on a petite sheet (just 3 11/16 ×...
About the Artist
Hans Schäufelein|Adam Petri · 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...