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The Lamentation, c. 1514. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper.
Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper · Block/sheet: 22.2 × 15.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Lamentation
- Artist
- Hans Baldung Grien German, 1484/85-1545
- Date
- c. 1514
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Block/sheet: 22.2 × 15.5 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Katherine Kuh and Mrs. Morris Woolf
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.