Saint Dorothy

1440/1460

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image depicts a woman and a child. The woman is in a slightly bent position, leaning toward the child. She has pronounced facial features with large eyes and angular eyebrows. She wears a crown of flowers, a golden halo, and a long, flowing robe. In her right hand, she holds a woven basket of flowers, while her left hand offers green leaves with red flowers to the child. The child is standing, reaching up towards the woman and holding a push toy. The child is nude and also has a halo. The background is plain, with the figures placed on a patch of green grass at the bottom. At the top of the image, there is text that reads "Sancta Doro" in a stylized script surrounded by a simple border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.600

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1398, State Aa

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, Cat. 165, 6-7 May 1930, no. 512). (Charles Sessler, Philadephia); sold 20 August 1930 to Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 17, repro.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 198, repro.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 13, 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. 198.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 13.

Wikidata ID

Q64953053

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