Christ and Mary Interceding with God the Father

c. 1485

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a seated figure on a throne with an elaborate crown and a long beard, holding a scepter and a globe. To the left, a kneeling figure with a halo displays clasped hands raised in a gesture of reverence or prayer. To the right, another kneeling figure with a halo holds a scroll in one hand. Both side figures are in conversation with the central figure. Above them is a dove with a halo, its wings spread wide. The background is a plain, parchment-like surface with decorative scrolls of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.8 x 28.9 cm (12 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.13.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, since about 1900; (sale, Auktionshaus Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 6-7 December 1996, no. 7176, as German, First Third of the 16th Century); (Dr. Hinrich Sieveking, Munich); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by 15th-century hand, in banderoles in brown ink: Sun.was.din.herz.begr[?].hilf.gewezt / hoi.des.suns.bitt.und b'las.den.suind'.nih[t] / Vatter.Sich.an.die.wunden.rot.und.hilf.den.Suind'.uz.aller.nott. / O.Sun.sich.an.die.bruist.min.und.laus.diez.den.suinder.[?].sin (Son, your heart has been [not deciphered] / Plead with the mightiness of the son and do not release the sinners / Father, look on the red wounds and help the sinners in every need / Oh, Son, come to my breast and [not deciphered]); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: (not deciphered)

Watermarks

ox head with a cross and without eyes (similar to Briquet 15272, Memmingen 1508)

Wikidata ID

Q64571833

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