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Virgil Solis
'Christ Crowned with Thorns' Renaissance woodcut print, Virgil Solis after Dürer
1552

About the Item

This woodcut print, depicting 'Christ Crowned with Thorns,' is a rare image coming from a small passional. Passionals were a popular devotional text for the layperson describing the suffering of saints and martyrs, the Passion of Christ, and readings for holidays and feast days. For this early printed text, Solis made forty woodcut illustrations after the compositions from Albrecht Dürer's 'Small Passion' series. The passional for which these prints were made was presumably influenced by the vast cultural and religious changes surrounding the Protestant reformation, especially the work of Martin Luther. 'Christ Crowned with Thorns' is an important moment in the Passion narrative appearing in the gospels. It describes the moment when Christ is tortured and mocked by Roman soldiers, and the crown itself is only one of the 'instruments of the passion.' In the print, Christ is seated while two Roman soldiers beat him with whips and lances. One soldier kneels before Christ, mocking his authority. As it says in the twenty-seventh chapter of Matthew: "And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee and mocked him, saying Hail, King of the Jews!" woodcut in black on cream wove paper from a small passional copy in reverse after Albrecht Dürer printed by Valentin Geissler in Nuremberg after 1552 4.75 x 3.25 inches, sheet 14.63 x 13 inches, frame monogram VS in the block, lower left collector's stamp of Antoine Vivenel (French, 1799–1862) in red ink, lower left (Lugt L.190) overall good and stable condition; some signs of discoloration and old restoration; restored losses upper right and left corners; restored tear lower right corner; margins cut to image; mounted to lining paper presented in a gold leaf moulding, mounted on cream matboard and protected behind glass; framed to conservation standards using archival materials Ref: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (IX.319.4.6) With an output of over 2,000 prints and drawings, Virgil Solis was one of Nuremberg's most prolific printmakers and book illustrators. His origins and training are unclear, though his father may have been a painter. He became a master in 1539 and often signed himself as a painter, but no evidence of that career exists. Solis aimed to produce popular, commercially successful prints on many subjects and regularly borrowed figures and compositions from German and Italian masters. His early drawing style employed strong outlines and simple hatching. He made over two hundred woodcuts illustrating biblical stories plus decorative elements, published in eleven editions between 1562 and 1606. Solis also disseminated contemporary ornamental forms to artisans, who often used his prints as models for furniture decoration, architectural friezes, pitchers, bowls, sword scabbards, and jewelry. His mixtures of animal and vegetable forms on drinking vessel designs helped to break many goldsmiths' strict adherence to classical motifs. Solis's monogram signature came to mean only that prints originated in his workshop, rather than identifying his own designs. Later owners printed his woodblocks and plates well into the 1650s. (Biography via the Getty Museum, Los Angeles)

Creator:
Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562, German)
Creation Year:
1552
Dimensions:
Height: 14.63 in (37.17 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Woodcut
Movement & Style:
Northern Renaissance
Period:
16th Century
Condition:
overall good and stable condition; some signs of discoloration and old restoration; restored losses and tear upper and lower right corners; restored loss top center; margins cut to image; mounted to lining paper.
Gallery Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Reference Number:
Seller: 12705g1stDibs: LU60537875132

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