The Madonna and Child

c. 1500

Netherlandish 15th Century

Associated Names
Netherlandish 15th Century

Artist

The image features two figures: a woman seated with a child in her lap. The woman has light skin, long blonde hair, and delicate facial features. She wears a red cloak over a blue and white robe. The child has light skin and curly blonde hair, is unclothed except for a small white cloth, and is held close by the woman. The background consists of black and white wavy lines, framed by a rectangular border with colorful floral patterns in red, blue, and green. Below the main image is decorative script in red and blue ink on a light background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in light and dark blue, red, green, yellow, orange, lavender and gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.4 × 10.5 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.191

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. *, no. 1044, State a

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 160, 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

Q65070059

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