Author: DURER, ALBRECHT (AFTER),
Title: Christ washing St. Peter's feet
Description: 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 before 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

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