Program "St. Matthew Passion"

1938

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut in purple on wove paper
Dimensions: image: 15.3 x 10.4 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 24.9 x 16.4 cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1983.109.56
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Program "St. Matthew Passion" — M.C. Escher. 1938.

Medium: woodcut in purple on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 15.3 x 10.4 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 24.9 x 16.4 cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.109.56. Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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