Beschrijving
Woodcut on wove paper, 20th century printing from the woodblocks in the Derschau collection, monogrammed S.K. and dated 1574 (the monogram has been identified as Sigmund Krumer by Nagler), image: 307 x 238 mm., sheet size 315 x 245 mm., in excellent condition, the collection mark W.v.D. (Wolfgang von Dallwitz, Lugt 2656) on the verso.
Christ kneels beofre St. Peter, with St. John standing behind Christ holding a jug and cloth. A print with a curious history, as it is a contemporary copy by monogrammist S.K. of the ninth print from the Small Passion series of woodcuts by Dürer (ca. 1508-1509). Derschau is said to have discovered hundreds of original wood blocks by German masters in a trunk in Nuremberg. Rudolph Zacharias Becker was then tasked with publishing a collection of reprints of these blocks, titled ‘Holzschnitte alter deutscher Meister in den Original-Platten gesammelt von Hans Albrecht von Derschau’ (1808). This was again published as ‘Holzschnitte alter Meister gedruckt von den Originalstöcken der Sammlung Derschau im besitz des Staatlichen Kupferstich-kabinetts zu Berlin’ (Lepizig: E.A. Seeman, 1922) after the blocks entered the collection of the Kupferstichkabinett in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Literature: Meder 134; Bartsch VII.199:25; Nagler V.22:122
