The Trinity

c. 1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image depicts two figures. The central figure is wearing a crown and a decorative robe, holding a smaller figure on a cross beneath them. The smaller figure has long hair and a beard, with outstretched arms, wearing a cloth around the waist. A third smaller figure is between the arms of the central figure, with a halo above. The background is adorned with geometric patterns and vibrant colors, framed by a border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in blue, orange, yellow, green, white, black, gold, and silver

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.836

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. *, no. 744

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 108, 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

Q64953468

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