The Denial of Peter

c. 1455/1465

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a group of figures interacting in a medieval scene. The image is an illuminated manuscript that features several figures depicted with halos. There are distinct color blocks throughout, like deep red robes and green accents. The background suggests architectural elements, possibly an interior space or a cityscape, with arches and a decorated wall or window. The figures are depicted with elongated forms and simple lines, typical of the medieval style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, green,brown, and ochre

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.470

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 247, State b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] sold 1939 via his son Walter Aufhäuser to Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L.1760c and L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

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Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 43, 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: no. 43.

Wikidata ID

Q64952905

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