Allegory of the Eagle and Emperor Maximilian I

1497

German 15th Century

Associated Names
The image depicts a printed page with ornate medieval illustrations and Latin text. The central illustration shows an eagle holding a scroll, surrounded by floral motifs and heraldic elements, including a shield with a double-headed eagle. Flanking the central image are smaller panels: on the left, a cherubic figure stands with animals, and below it, a lion's head encircled by Baroque flourishes and the text "S S M A R C V S"; on the right, an angelic figure appears above a bull's head with the text "S L V C A S". The text below the images is in Latin script, spread in a multi-column format with decorative capital letters. The illustrations incorporate detailed line work typical of Renaissance woodcut prints.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.644

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1944, State s


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For complete information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 279, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q64953145

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