The Crucifixion with the Two Thieves, from the Mysteries of the Rosary
Francesco Rosselli
c. 1490
Medium
Engraving, printed in gray on paper
Dimensions
22.5 × 16.7 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
73401
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Prints in both Europe and Japan advertised their functions to the viewer. The Florentine printmaker Francesco Rosselli sold his 15-plate Life of the Virgin and Christ series with columns that could be cut out and pasted around the scenes. Surviving examples were used as individual rectangular frames or as part of a larger altarpiece framework. The six large woodcuts of Buddhist deities nearby in this gallery (1961.1004, .1006, .1007, .1010, .1012, and .1015), which were also produced in the 15th...