Scenes from the Life of St. John the Baptist
Artist: Frans Crabbe van Espleghem (Flemish, ca. 1480-1553)
Date: about 1522
Dimensions:
10 5/8 x 14 15/16 in. (27 x 38 cm)
Medium: woodcut
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: William J. Hitchcock fund in Memory of Grace J. Hitchcock
Object number: 1990.28
Label Text:Prints and drawings by Frans Crabbe are exceedingly rare. Representing three episodes from the life of St. John the Baptist, this is the only woodcut attributed to the artist and is one of only six impressions known to exist. A contemporary of Lucas van Leyden in Holland, Crabbe’s work has been compared to the German, Hans Baldung (also in this exhibition). Although the large horizontal format is unusual, this print is perhaps one of the three or four best prints to represent Dutch 16th-century woodblock printing, which was rather crude in comparison to German examples of the same period.
Not on view
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