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Three Women Kneeling before Christ on the Cross. Frontispiece for "Spiritualium personarum feminei sexus facta admiratione digna" by St. Lucy of Narni.

Printed by: Hieronymus Höltzel (German, active 1500–1525)
Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
After: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1501

Medium/Technique Woodcut, with hand coloring on the lips of all four figures and blood on the body of Christ
Dimensions Block: 15.7 x 10.3 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. )
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19048
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Meder p. 279, XIII; H.1501
Signed Not signed
Marks No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 19048
InscriptionsBook title in letterpress on verso
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1897, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)