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A Canon Table with a Lamentation (formerly known as the "Traveling Altar") by Lienhart Ysenhut, print, 1490

A Canon Table with a Lamentation (formerly known as the "Traveling Altar")

Lienhart Ysenhut

Year
1490
Medium
woodcut printed on parchment in black with hand coloring; set between two panels of printed text to form a triptych; housed in a slipcase with an embroidered crucifixion scene on the front and backed in leather; in turn housed in a velvet, silk, and linen box, strengthened with layers of paper from an account book, with ornamental tassels at each corner
Dimensions
image: 12.7 × 12.8 cm (5 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 15.9 × 39.8 cm (6 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.) overall (slipcase): 18 × 18 cm (7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.) overall (box): 20.5 × 20.5 × 5 cm (8 1/16 × 8 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Print
Culture
Swiss
Period
1401 to 1500

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