Speculum Passionis
1507
16th century
Hans Baldung,
German,
(1484-1485–1545)
Object Type:
prints
Medium and Support:
Woodcut
Series:
from Speculum Passionis
Edition:
Woodcuts from Dr. Ulrich Pinder’s Speculum Passionis, published Nurnberg, 30 August 1507. Fol. I (v.): “Christ as the Man of Sorrows Between Two Angels with the ‘Arms of Christ,’” Bartsch 34 (vol. 7, p. 253) as by Schauffelein; Hollstein 212 (vol. 2, p. 128); Karlsruhe catalog 1 (vol. 4, p. 305); Fol. II (v.): “Kneeling King Before Christ as the Man of Sorrows,” Karlsruhe (II, 301) 169, listed as fol. 120 (v.) in Der beschlossen Gart des Rosencrantz Mariae, 1505, and again in Speculum Passionis, 1507, Kat. IIB, Nr. IV, fol. II v. and fol. LXXVIII v.; Fol. IV, VII, and VIII: not listed in Karlsruhe cat.; Fol. IX (r.): “A Kneeling Man Contemplates under the Dove of the Holy Spirit before Christ on the Cross,” Karlsruhe (II, 301) 160 listed as fol. 100 v. in Der bechlossen Gart des Rosencrantz Mariae, 1505, and again in Speculum Passionis, 1507, Kat. IIB, Nr. IV, fol. IX (r.); Fol. X, XII, XIII, and XIV:- not listed in Karlsruhe; Fol. XV (v.): “(The Virgin) Mary with the Lamb and the Dove,” Karlsruhe (II, 301) 161 fol. 109r. and again in Speculum Passionis, 1507, Kat. IIB, Nr. IV, fol. XV (v.); Fol. XXXIII (verso and recto): “The Mocking of Christ,” Karlsruhe (V, 308) 11, Recto woodcut used previously in Der beschlossen Gart des Rosencrantz Mariae, 1505, Kat. II, Nr. 136, Fol. 77v.; Fol. XL (r.): …Christ Falls before the Steps,” Karlsruhe (IV, 305) 5 and used again in fol. XLVII (r.): H. (II, 128) 329; Fol. XLII (XLVII) v.: “Christ Scourged,” Karlsruhe (IV, 305) 6 (Oldenbourg has noted that in several examples, as in this one, it is falsely numbered as XLVII), but it should be XLII (recto is by Schauffelein); Fol. XLVII (r.): “Christ Falls before the Steps,” Karlsruhe (IV, 305) 5, H. (II, 128) 329, used previously in fol. XL (r.); Fol. L (r.): “Christ on the Cross,” Karlsruhe (IV, 305); Fol. LI (r.): “Christus wird auf das Kreuz geworfen,” Karlsruhe (IV, 305) 8; Fol. LI (v.): “The Nailing onto the Cross,” B. VII, S. 253, Nr. 34, 23 (as Schauffelein), H. (II, 128) 214, Karlsruhe (IV, 305) 3; Fol. LKI not listed in Karlsruhe; Fol. LXV (r.): “Calvary,” Karlsruhe (II, 294) 33, listed as fol. 201v in Der beschlossen Gart des Rosencrantz Mariae,” 1505, and again in Speculum Passionis, 1507 (Kat. IIB, Nr. IV) fol. 65r, H. (II, 84) 15, B. VII, S. 253, Nr. 34 (as Scuffelein).
Bibliography:
Bartsch 12; Curjel 65; Karlsruhe 43; Hollstein 85.
Credit Line:
Unrecorded source, possibly gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1994
Accession Number:
1996.1.6.1-4