Saint Augustine

1480/1490

German 15th Century

Associated Names
This is a painting of a landscape scene with a figure holding a staff and a child by a body of water. The painting depicts a tall figure dressed in elaborate robes and a large headdress, which is enhanced by intricate patterns and vibrant red and blue hues. The figure holds a staff. To the left of the figure, a child is shown seated on the grass near a small pool of blue water. The child reaches towards the water. The background reveals gentle green hills and a few leafless trees. There is a castle structure to the right, colored in pastel hues. The painting is bordered by an orange frame. This is in style of medieval or early Renaissance art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.825

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1246, State m


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. 191, 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

Q64953446

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