Saint Jerome Reading

c. 1515/1520

Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

Albrecht Altdorfer

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 10.5 × 6 cm (4 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.388

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 23, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George M. La Monte [1863-1927], Bound Brook, NJ (Lugt 1181c). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to 11 venues (California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; and Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN), 1950-1952, no cat.

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 135, c.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 23, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952523

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