The Marriage of the Virgin

1480/1490

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting featuring three figures. A central figure wearing a mitre and robe reaches out hands towards two other figures in ceremonial attire. The scene is set in an architectural interior with a patterned window on the right side. The color scheme includes blues, reds, greens, and an orange border. The style resembles early medieval manuscript illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, rose, blue, green, yellow, black, gold, and orange

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.798

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 634, 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. 102, 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.

Wikidata ID

Q64953388

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