"And with His Stripes We Are Healed" («C'est par ses meurtrissures que nous sommes guéris»), plate LVIII from Miserere
Georges Rouault
French, 1871–1958
1922, published 1948
A black-and-white print from Rouault’s Miserere series—an aquatint and drypoint worked over photogravure—in which the artist sought to make the suffering face of Christ palpable and monumental as a symbol of human pain and redemption.
You are first arrested by the mask-like hollow eyes and thick, ink-wash strokes: the head appears carved from shadow, framed by a scraped, uneven border and a spiky, gestural crown of thorns that reads like a single, furious brushstroke.
Rouault fused traditional religious iconography with expressionist printmaking techniques, showing how modern prints could carry intense spiritual and emotional force and helping to reopen sacred themes for twentieth-century art.
Medium
Aquatint and drypoint with roulette over photogravure from an illustrated book with 22 aquatints over photogravure (19 with drypoint, 18 with roulette, five with etching)
Dimensions
plate: 22 13/16 x 18 5/8" (58 x 47.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Accession
91.1949.58
Palette
Exhibitions
