The Lamentation

c. 1460

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows four figures: three standing and one reclining on a light blue surface. The reclining figure is partially clothed and has a crown of thorns on their head. The standing figures have halos above their heads, with distinct facial features and hairstyles. One is leaning over the reclining figure, one has curly hair and wears a robe, and the other wears a blue garment with tied back hair. All are dressed in earthy-toned robes. In the background is a cross-like structure, and the composition is framed with a border against a muted tan background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.496

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 514, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Maihingen; Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); 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. 4, 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. 4.

Wikidata ID

Q64952931

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