The Man of Sorrows Standing
Hans Weiditz, II
1522
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 29.9 x 22.7 cm (11 3/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.8370
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Hans Weiditz, II
**Hans Weiditz the Younger (Hans Weiditz II, also known as the Petrarch Master)** was a leading German Renaissance woodcut designer active in the early sixteenth century. Born around 1495 in Freiburg im Breisgau, he came from an artistic family; his father, Hans Weiditz the Elder, was a sculptor who worked on projects such as the Dreikönigsaltar in Freiburg Cathedral, and his brother Christoph Wei...