Christ Kneeling in Prayer

c. 1425

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and dark brown ink with dark gray wash and white heightening on pink partially prepared paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.2 x 15.2 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.)
    mount: 30.5 x 20.5 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.67.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich Wilhelm Roloff, Berlin (based on inscription in album before it was dismantled; remained as part of an album until c. 2003). Library of the Marienstiftgymnasium, Stettin (now Szeczecin), Pomerania (the library dissolved by Poland after World War II). Private collection. (Dr. Jörn Günther, Hamburg, c. 2003); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Wikidata ID

Q64632612


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