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The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

4610B
Artist
Workshop of Juan Cromberger (active between 1527 and 1540; d. 1540) or Workshop of Antonio de Espinosa (ca. 1530 – 1576)
Title
The Crucifixion
Date
1561
Medium
Woodcut. Illustra­tion on f 134v of the Missale secundu[m] romane curi[a]e ritum[.] Ciudad de México: Antonio de Espinosa, 1561, and on fray Alonso de Molina O.F.M. (active 1580-1580), Confesionario Mayor. Ciudad de México: Antonio de Espinosa, 1565. Also printed by Antonio Ricardo and published by Pedro Ocharte as frontispiece for fray Alonso de Molina O.F.M. Doctrina christiana en lengua mexicana, muy necesaria[.] Mexico, 1578.
Location
Antigua Imprenta de Antonio de Espinosa, Ciudad de México, México.
Photo Source
John Carter Brown Library / The Internet Archive
Correspondence Credit
Carreño 1943, 491, who believes Espinosa simply printed the woodblock carved by Cromberger. The same conclusion is reached by García Icazbalceta 1954, 191, note 3Stols 1962, 36, note 4, and Grañén 1994, 102-103.
Item
4610B
Correspondences
Archive: 4610A/4610B
Archive: 4610A/4610B
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