The Judgment of Solomon
c. 1480
Artist, Flemish, active c. 1480/1500
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.6 x 21.3 cm (10 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.197
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.116, no. 2, State ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Malcolm [1805-1893], Poltalloch and London (Lugt 1780); The British Museum, London; (Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1938; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1941
The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 109, repro.
1947
Six Centuries of Prints, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1947.
1957
The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957.
1965
Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 51.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 126, repro.
Mother and Child, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, 1967, no. 96.
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.
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. 126.
Watermarks
small shield crowned with three fleurs-de-lis (close to Lehrs 80)
Wikidata ID
Q64960407