# Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John

- By: Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)
- Date: 1503
- Medium: woodcut on vellum, hand colored with watercolor
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 22.7 x 16.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Germany, early 16th Century
- Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.128)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.128/1972.128_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The first carved woodblocks were printed on textiles or vellum until about 1400, when the supply of paper became more abundant.