Description

Presented here is a hand-colored devotional single-sheet woodcut inspired by one of the compositional schemes of the German engraver and painter Martin Schongauer (circa 1450‒91). The artist has not been identified. The theme is the Resurrection of Christ. The detail is a lively scene with large figural extras, dominated by the figure of Christ with a triumphant flag and a double cross in his left hand. In the front and on the left side by the tomb are soldiers with their weapons. On the right, behind Christ, is an ...