Noli me tangere 1480 - 1503

This woodcut, titled "Noli me tangere," depicts the moment after Jesus' resurrection when he appears to Mary Magdalene. The scene is set in a garden, with a small tree and a fence behind the figures. Jesus, on the left, appears to be leaving the garden, while Mary Magdalene kneels in prayer. The scene is rendered in a simple, linear style typical of Northern European woodcuts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. This work is attributed to the anonymous "Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber-Passion," a prolific printmaker whose oeuvre helped to define the development of printmaking in the Low Countries.