COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL230100120
Reference Number:
R241401
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
[Impression on paper of a woodcut depicting the Sacred Monogram]
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Coffret with Sacred Monogram
Date Created:
1490-1500?
Publication Details:
Paris?
Page/Sheet:
Recto
Image Sequence Number:
001r
Description:
Impression on paper of a woodcut depicting the Sacred Monogram. A crucifix forming the left stem of the “H” is accompanied by Instruments of the Passion and two monks, perhaps Carthusians, dressed in white habit, who kneel below the Monogram before a eucharistic chalice; two xylographic banderoles read: Quod admirabile est nomen tuum domine and Sit nomen tuum domine iesu benedictum]. Trimmed to fit the lid of the wooden box in which the print was at one time pasted; the top border has sustained damage and there are two gaps between the “H” and the “S” of the Monogram. Damage may have occurred during the removal of the print from the lid of the Coffer. Removed from the lid of a coffret and now loose.
Subject:
Crucifixion--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
France: Île-de-France: Paris
Item Height:
232 mm
Item Width:
153 mm
Provenance:
Jammes, Marie-Thérèse, former owner
Provenance:
Jammes, André, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Lepape, Severine, et al. Mystérieux coffrets: Estampes au temps de La Dame à la licorne (exhibition catalogue), Paris, Musee du Cluny, 2019, pages 59-60.
Notes:
Lepape relates this impression to a small group of other prints inspired by the work of Jean d’Ypres (active 1490-1508), but not by him. She identifies 13 impressions of this print, making it one of the most widely diffused. The artist, undoubtedly Parisian and active in the first half of the sixteenth century, borrowed heavily from the Crucifixion by Jean d’Ypres, and his decorative motifs are found also in an woodcut of the Virgin of the Rosary, an impression of which is also at The University Of Manchester Library: R241402.See: Lepape, Severine, et al. Mystérieux coffrets: Estampes au temps de La Dame à la licorne (exhibition catalogue), Paris, Musee du Cluny, 2019, pages 59-60.
JRL230100120
