4610B

The Crucifixion

Artist: Workshop of Juan Cromberger (d. 1540) or Workshop of Antonio de Espinosa (ca. 1530 – 1576)
Title: The Crucifixion
Date: 1561
Medium: Woodcut. Illustration on f 134v of the Missale secundu[m] romane curi[a]e ritum[.] Ciudad de México: Antonio de Espinosa, 1561, and on fray Alonso de Molina O.F.M. (active 1580-1580), Confesionario Mayor. Ciudad de México: Antonio de Espinosa, 1565. Also printed by Antonio Ricardo and published by Pedro Ocharte as frontispiece for fray Alonso de Molina O.F.M. Doctrina christiana en lengua mexicana, muy necesaria[.] Mexico, 1578.
Location: Antigua Imprenta de Antonio de Espinosa, Ciudad de México, México.
Photo Source: John Carter Brown Library / The Internet Archive
Correspondence Credit: Carreño 1943, 491, who believes Espinosa simply printed the woodblock carved by Cromberger. The same conclusion is reached by García Icazbalceta 1954, 191, note 3, Stols 1962, 36, note 4, and Grañén 1994, 102-103.
Item: 4610B