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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13648.A-B
People
Klaus (Master Claus) von Breisach, German (late 15th century)
Claus Wolff Strigel (Late 15th century)
Title
The Crucifixion; verso: Die Juden-Sau ('The Jewish Sow')
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/258314

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
46 × 32 cm (18 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design: Wir Juden sollen all ausehen wie uns nicht der ... ist geschehen/ Des sollen wir nid vergessen, Schweinefleisch sollen wir nicht essen/ Sug liebes Bruder-Herz, so bloss ihm in den Arsch/ Nun sehen liebe Lut wie ich von der Muter Brut, um das wir nit essen schwein brotten, darumb sind wir geil [?]. und stinkt uns der Atem.
  • inscription: ornate hand, black ink, margins: Diese Satire auf die Judenschaft ist wahrscheinlich einer der ersten Holzschnitte aus dem 15. Jahrhundert. Transcription of captions from print. Siehe Archif v: Meusel T.2. fol. 123. Der Preiss 2 [Thaler?]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
H. 1,2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
M13648.A-B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, 2022), pp. 352-353, repr. p. 353 as fig. 11-15

Verification Level

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