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The Footprint of Christ Unknown Master

Artist

Unknown Master 15th century

Culture Italian
Date ca. 1490–1500
Object type print
Medium, technique paper, woodcut
Dimensions

290 × 405 mm

Inventory number 5042
Collection Prints and Drawings
On view This artwork is not on display

Inscriptions

Inscribed on the left footprint: ‘Hec est forma/pedum christi/quam reliquit/super lapidem/quado obviavit/petro fugenti’ continued on the right: ‘persecutionem/quem recogno/scens petrus/dixit ei: domine quo vadis’. On the banderole of Christ: ‘Romam redeo iterum crucifigi tu aut redi romam’; on Peter’s banderole: ‘Domine quo vadis’, at right: ‘porta appia’; on the building at centre: ‘adorabimus/in loco ubi/steterunt pedes eius’; and below: ‘via appia’

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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