Saint Bartholomew

1480/1490

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a figure from the waist up standing with the head slightly turned to the right. The figure has short, curly hair and a beard, wearing a halo. They are dressed in a red robe and hold a book in the left hand and a large quill or feather in the right hand. The background has a blue backdrop with a stylized border, with the figure standing against a short stone wall with grass in front.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in blue, red lake, green, yellow, white, orange, and silver or gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.842

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1267, 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. 192, 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

Q64953487

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