Swabian 15th Century

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Swabian 15th Century, Knight in Armor, Holding a Halberd, c. 1500, pen and brown and black ink, point of the brush and black ink, and gray wash, heightened with white, on brown prepared paper (upper corners made up), Woodner Collection, 1998.17.9

Knight in Armor, Holding a Halberd

Swabian 15th Century · c. 1500 · pen and brown and black ink, point of the brush and black ink, and gray wash, heightened with white, on brown prepared paper (upper corners made up) ·  Accession ID  1998.17.9

Swabian 15th Century, The Angel of the Annunciation, 1480s, pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1998.33.1

The Angel of the Annunciation

Swabian 15th Century · 1480s · pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1998.33.1

Four women, six men, and seven babies and children are gathered in three rows in this freestanding, painted wooden sculpture. The people all have pale, peachy skin with rosy cheeks, round faces with double chins, and thin, curving brows under high foreheads. They mostly wear gold robes over garments in gray, dark blue, plum purple, spruce green, or red. The four women sit hip-to-hip across the middle of the grouping. The two center women angle slightly in toward each other. To our left in that pair, Mary holds a nude baby Jesus on her lap. Mary’s long, loose, light brown hair is held back with a twisted band. The chubby Jesus on her lap reaches for the woman to our right, Saint Anne, who wears a voluminous wimple that covers her face, chin, neck, and shoulders. The women to either side of the central pair hold books, one open and one closed, and wear turban-like headdresses over long, wavy hair. Six children play together in two groups at the women’s feet. Some are nude and others wear dark or gold robes. A pair eat grapes to our left. The right-most child rides a hobby horse and holds onto the hand of the woman behind him with his tiny hand. In the top row, a man stands behind each of the four women except for Saint Anne, who has three men standing over her shoulder. Two of the six men are cleanshaven, and the others have beards. Some are bareheaded and others wear turbans or a cap. Their faces are lined, and they look down or off into the distance, most under furrowed brows. The gold on the robes is tooled to create patterns.
South German 15th Century, Swabian 15th Century, Franconian 15th Century, The Holy Kinship, c. 1480/1490, polychromed wood, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2002.13.1

The Holy Kinship

South German 15th Century, Swabian 15th Century, Franconian 15th Century · c. 1480/1490 · polychromed wood ·  Accession ID  2002.13.1

Swabian 15th Century, A Sibyl, c. 1470, pen and black and gray ink with gray wash on laid paper, Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner, 2006.11.22

A Sibyl

Swabian 15th Century · c. 1470 · pen and black and gray ink with gray wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2006.11.22