Saint Barbara

c. 1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image depicts a woman in profile facing left. She has gentle facial features and an updo with a headband. She wears a long gown with detailed patterns and puffed sleeves. In one hand, she holds a chalice, in the other a feather. The background shows hills, trees, and a building with an arched entrance and a dome. The scene is framed with a rustic texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in brown, lavender, and blue

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.817

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1252, State m

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 199, 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

Q64953431

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