Saint Barbara

1460/1470

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image features a person seated with their right side facing the viewer. They have long wavy hair, a serene expression, and wear a round, dark object on their head. The person wears a blue garment with a red-brown robe draped over it. They hold a model of a building in their left hand and there is a cup beside them. The background has horizontal blue lines and the ground is green. The image is framed in a box with a light border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red, blue, yellow, green,gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.590

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1261, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton W.M. Mensing; Sotheby's, December 16, 1936, lot 228.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 201, 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. 201.

Wikidata ID

Q64953036

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