O mortis genus indignum; . indigniq[ue] dolores: quo te Christe hominum cura. Vel egit amor.
Salomon Moititor
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1591
Materials
Measurements
25 x 20 cm
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3115459.11
Summary
Single plate engraving. Motto at foot: "O Mortis genus indignatum; indigniq[ue] dolores: quo te Christe hominum cura. Vel egit amor. Panel in bottom right: Salomon Motitor sc. 1591. Mary Magdalen at centre with image of Christ's face on shroud, on the left an angel with the pillar, bindings, birch and whip; on the right an angel with the crucifix, crown of thorns and sponge.
Bibliographic description
1 sheet (25 cm x 20 cm) . fol.. Pasted to verso of plate 6 of 'Kunstbüchlein' (1596).. Binding: Seventeenth-century full green paper over boards; tiny fragments of earlier printed waste visible (liturgical music?).
Makers and roles
Salomon Moititor, engraver (printmaker)