Saint Benedict

1510/1515

Hans Süss von Kulmbach

Artist, German, c. 1485 - 1522

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush (and pen?) with gray ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 28 cm (11 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8363

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 4.

Bibliography

1974

  • Strauss, W.L., DRWGS. OF A. DURER, vol.6, NY: 1974, p.2970 XW.211, p.2944 XW.198.

Inscriptions

around circumference in brown ink: SANCTVS-BENEDICTVS-ABBAS-LEGISLATOR-NOSTER-ANNO-DOMINI-1-50-1-

Watermarks

High cross

Wikidata ID

Q64573021

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