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Virgil Solis
Christ Nailed to the Cross Renaissance woodcut by Virgil Solis after Dürer
1552

Name: 'Christ Nailed to the Cross' Renaissance woodcut by Virgil Solis after Dürer
Brand: Virgil Solis
Rating: 4.9 (64 reviews)

$950List Price

About the Item

This woodcut print, depicting the 'Christ Nailed to the Cross,' is a rare image coming from a small passional. Passionals were a popular kind of devotional text for the layperson of the 16th century describing the suffering of saints and martyrs, the Passion of Christ, and readings for holidays and feast days. For this early printed text, Solis made forty woodcut illustrations after the compositions from Albrecht Dürer's 'Small Passion' series. The passional for which these prints were made was presumably influenced by the vast cultural and religious changes surrounding the Protestant reformation, especially the work of Martin Luther. 'Christ Nailed to the Cross' is an important moment in the Passion narrative which appears in all four of the gospels. In the image, a man looks along as Christ lies down on the unerected cross, the crown of thorns at his side. A Roman soldier to the left raises his hammer to nail the hand to the horizontal beam, while on the other side, another soldier drills a hole in preparation. A group of figures, likely including the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and John the Evangelist, observe this final humiliation. woodcut in black on cream wove paper from a small passional copy in reverse after Albrecht Dürer printed by Valentin Geissler in Nuremberg after 1552 4.75 x 3.25 inches, sheet 14.63 x 13 inches, frame monogram VS in the block, lower left collector's stamp with encircled XX in red ink, lower left overall good and stable condition; some signs of discoloration and old restoration; restored tear lower right corner; margins cut to image; mounted to lining paper presented in a gold leaf moulding, mounted on cream matboard and protected behind glass; framed to conservation standards using archival materials Ref: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (2.72); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (IX.319.4.10); Ubisch 1889 / Virgil Solis und seine biblischen Illustrationen für den Holzschnitt (35.38) With an output of over 2,000 prints and drawings, Virgil Solis was one of Nuremberg's most prolific printmakers and book illustrators. His origins and training are unclear, though his father may have been a painter. He became a master in 1539 and often signed himself as a painter, but no evidence of that career exists. Solis aimed to produce popular, commercially successful prints on many subjects and regularly borrowed figures and compositions from German and Italian masters. His early drawing style employed strong outlines and simple hatching. He made over two hundred woodcuts illustrating biblical stories plus decorative elements, published in eleven editions between 1562 and 1606. Solis also disseminated contemporary ornamental forms to artisans, who often used his prints as models for furniture decoration, architectural friezes, pitchers, bowls, sword scabbards, and jewelry. His mixtures of animal and vegetable forms on drinking vessel designs helped to break many goldsmiths' strict adherence to classical motifs. Solis's monogram signature came to mean only that prints originated in his workshop, rather than identifying his own designs. Later owners printed his woodblocks and plates well into the 1650s. (Biography via the Getty Museum, Los Angeles)

Creator:
Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562, German)
Creation Year:
1552
Dimensions:
Height: 14.63 in (37.17 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Woodcut
Movement Style:
Northern Renaissance
Period:
16th Century
Condition:
overall good and stable condition; some signs of discoloration and old restoration; restored tear lower right corner; margins cut to image; mounted to lining paper.
Gallery Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Reference Number:
Seller: 12702c1stDibs: LU60537875382

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