Baptism of Christ, ca. 1493

  • Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434-1519

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (8.9 × 7.3 cm) Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (8.9 × 7.3 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1267.4

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

Inscribed, on block, upper edge: [inscription in Old German]

June 1889, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Michael Wolgemut, Baptism of Christ, ca. 1493, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1267.4.