Nativity and Passion of Christ
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Delia E. Holden Fund
Accession Number
1968.220
Tags
male
About this artwork
Broadsheets, in which the images are accompanied by text, depict extraordinary happenings, omens, historical events, portraits, and traditional folktales. Nativity and Passion of Christ demonstrates clearly the practical function of broadsheets in a semi-literate society. The illustrations are placed around a German prayer which tells of Christ's birth and the redemption of mankind through his Passion. The Nativity with an Adoration of the Shepherds is represented in the center, above which a ha...