Album with Twelve Engravings of The Passion, a Woodcut of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, and a Metalcut of St. Jerome in Penitence

Israhel van Meckenem, late 15th century

Artist

Israhel van Meckenem (German, Meckenem ca. 1440/45–1503 Bocholt)

Date

late 15th century

Medium

Engraving, two touched with gold; woodcut, hand-colored; metalcut, hand-colored; manuscript in dark brown ink with red, and blue initials and flourishes; bound in blind-stamped leather

Size

Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 1/16 x 1/2 in. (26 x 20.4 x 1.3 cm)

Type

Albums

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed