Saint Agnes

c. 1450

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image depicts a person standing, facing slightly to the right. They have long blonde hair, facial features with arched eyebrows and a faint smile. They are wearing a traditional, ornate robe with a light blue outer layer and a white inner gown with black dots. A halo-like circle is around their head. The person holds a green palm frond in one hand and a small dog is standing on its hind legs, with its front paws on the person's robe. The background is simple with earthy tones and the ground is a muted green.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in orange-tan, green, light blue, gray, carmine, and goldon laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.573

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 1180

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Theodor Oswald Weigel [1812-1881], Liepzig; (sale, C. G.Boerner, Sorgfaltig); William Bell Scott, London; Paul Joseph Sachs [1878-1965], Cambridge; purchased 1938 by Lessing J. Rosenwald (L1760b and L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 5, repro.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 177, repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 4.

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. 177.

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64953016

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