The Risen Christ, from Old and New Testaments
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 1/16 in. (11.8 × 15.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession Number
1975.508.2
Art Historical Context
In the mid-16th century, artist Augustin Hirschvogel profound religious themes in his intricate etching *The Risen Christ, Old and New Testaments (1550). Working in Nuremberg during the Renaissance and amid the Protestant Reformation, Hirschvogel—a versatile printmaker, cartographer, and glass painterfluenced by Albrecht Dürer, created this work as part of a seriesosing Old Testament prophecies with their New Testament fulfillments. The image depicts the triumphant Risen Christ, symbolizing and salvation, a vital motif in Christian devotion during a time of theological upheaval. Etching, Hirs...
About the Artist
Augustin Hirschvogel · 1503–1553
Augustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553) was born in Nuremberg into a prominent family of stained-glass painters who dominated the city's glass workshops during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The son of Veit Hirschvogel the Elder (1461–1525), Nuremberg's official glazier who executed designs after Albrecht Dürer and Hans von Kulmbach, Augustin trained as a glass painter in his father's workshop. ...