The Virgin in the Clouds

c. 1470/1480

Master of the Housebook

Artist, German, active c. 1470 - 1500

German 15th Century

Artist

German 15th Century or Attributed to Master of the Housebook

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in blue, red, orange, and gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9103

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 998

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 18 June 1929 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 152, 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

Q65027058

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