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Christ before Annas, from The Passion, c. 1480. Engraving printed in black, on ivory laid paper.
Engraving printed in black, on ivory laid paper · Sheet trimmed within platemark: 20.5 × 14.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Christ before Annas, from The Passion
- Artist
- Israhel van Meckenem the Younger German, c. 1440/45-1503
- Date
- c. 1480
- Medium
- Engraving printed in black, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet trimmed within platemark: 20.5 × 14.4 cm (8 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- 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.




