Madonna between Saints Catherine and Barbara

1440/1460

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows three seated figures arranged beneath an ornate archway. In the center, a woman holds a child on her lap with both having halos. To her right, a figure holds a sword and leans towards her. To her left, another figure holds a tower-like structure and a green palm frond. All figures wear long tunics in shades of red. The archway is decorated with floral embellishments and green foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in warm black, hand-colored in red lake, buff, green, and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.570

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 1151

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Furstliches Hohenzollernische Museum, Sigmaringen. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760b and L1932d); gift 1943 to the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 16, repro.

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 175 , repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 2.

2000

  • Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art through the Ages, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, 2000 - 2001, not in cat.

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. 175.

Wikidata ID

Q64953013

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