The New Church of the Beautiful Virgin at Regensburg
c. 1520
Artist, German, c. 1490 - 1559

Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut printed from three blocks and letterpress on two sheets of laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 64.8 x 53.5 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/16 in.)
sheet: 72 x 63.2 cm (28 3/8 x 24 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2006.101.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Unidentified private collector J.N. (or G.N.) (not in Lugt); (C.G. Boerner, LLC, New York); purchased 2006 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2007
The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge
Inscriptions
letterpress text, upper left: Anno incarnationis... / ...lecifate non cessat; letterpress text, upper right: Als man nach der gepurdt Christi... / ...herzlich erfreyent
Watermarks
Coat of arms with AV
Wikidata ID
Q76348797