Descent from the Cross with a Silhouette of Jerusalem in the Background

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in graphite: F Nardorp inv & del / Romae / Hebdomada Sancta /1852;; inscribed verso, center, in graphite: Franz Nadorp / 1784–1876; lower at center, in graphite: di Vetsfalia [sic] / morto 17 Settembre 1876 ?; lower left, in graphite: 13824 / mzf / No.; lower center, in graphite: F. Nadorp / ZJSXSSIV / 33 [encircled]

Provenance

Sold, Galerie Bassenge, Dec. 2, 2004, lot 5851, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, "The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," March 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp / German, 1794-1876
Date: 1852
Medium: Graphite, with smudging, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 40.8 × 28.7 cm (16 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: graphite
Place: Germany
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 2013.994

Open-access museum record · AT-00005882