4620A

The Countenance of Christ

Artist: Blas D S (active between 1554 and 1586)
Title: The Countenance of Christ
Date: 1568
Medium: Woodcut. After a woodcut by Hans Burgkmair I (1473-1531). Used as frontispiece to Flos Sanctorum[.] Sevilla: Gutiérrez, 1568 and 1569 | Felipe de Sosa OFM, Libro de la primera parte de la excelencia del sancto evangelio[.] Sevilla: en casa de Iuan Gutierrez [i.e. Juan Gutiérrez or Joannes Gotherrius (ca. 1525 – after 1577)] impressor de libros, en la calle de Genoua año de 1570 (shown here).
Photo Source: Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Hathitrust
Note: The signature Blas D S appears in the 1569 edition of the Flos Sanctorum. This signature was eliminated from the woodblock by 1570.
Item: 4620A