The Deposition

c. 1475

German 15th Century

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in orange-red, yellow, and green

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 8 × 6.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.494

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 502

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly (Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich); Franz Trau [1842-1905], Vienna (L.2403b); 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).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 75, 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. 75.

Markings

recto: none; verso: Franz Trau (Lugt 2403b)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64952929

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