Pietà (after Rogier van der Weyden) (circa 1925)

Jacques Anthony Louis Beltrand

chiaroscuro woodcut, in shades of brown and beige

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Pietà (after Rogier van der Weyden) (circa 1925)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Christ in the arms of the Virgin Mary, half-length; after Rogier van der Weyden. c.1925 Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in shades of brown and beige. Signed and numbered 4/100.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

30.4 x 23.2 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.35

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1919; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Life of Christ, Virgin Mary

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