5076A

Arma Christi within a circular frame and Tetramorph

Artist: Workshops of Antonio Martínez (active between 1477 and 1486) and Juan Varela de Salamanca (active between 1509 and 1539) (as as co-designers and co-engravers)
Title: Arma Christi within a circular frame and Tetramorph
Date: 1486 and 1525
Medium: Woodcut. Measurements: 258mm x 155mm (Lynsey Halliday, National Library of Scotland). Title page illustration for Retablo de la vida de [Cristo] fecho en metro por vn deuoto frayle d[e]la Cartuxa. Sevilla: Juan Varela de Salamanca, 1525 and 1530 [shown here is from the 1530 reprint].
Photo Source: National Library of Scotland, G.21.b.6(1).
Note: The Arma Christi were added in 1525 at the workshop of Juan Varela de Salamanca as a second state of the woodblock originally opened at the workshop of Antonio Martinez in 1486 (see here).
Item: 5076A

Correspondences: Archive: 5076A/5076B; Archive: 5076A/5076B; 5076A/5076B; 5076A/5076B