Second Foolish Virgin

c. 1490

Martin Schongauer

Associated Names
Martin Schongauer

Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

The image features a person standing in a slightly sideways position with their head turned downward. The person has delicate facial features and a gentle expression, with hair styled neatly back. They are wearing a long, flowing garment, holding a small, cylindrical object in one hand. The background is plain, and there is an intricate circular design on the ground at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.76

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 82, State only

  • Series Title

    The Wise and Foolish Virgins [Lehrs 76-85]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g); (Knoedler and Co., New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Etchings by Martin Schongauer from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, 1930.

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 94c.

1953

  • Nuremberg and the German World, 1460-1530: Prints and books from the Kress and Rosenwald Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953, no catalogue.

1955

  • Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.

1959

  • Graphic Art of Durer and Schongauer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1959, no catalogue.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 103, repro.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

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

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 103.

Wikidata ID

Q64960286

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