Bust of a Monk Assisting at Communion
Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 12.5 x 10.3 cm (4 15/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1952.8.295
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Catalogue Raisonné
Winzinger 1962, no. 13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friedrich August II of Saxony (1696-1763); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd.); Lessing J. Rosenwald.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
Masterpieces: A Memorial Exhibition for Adele R. Levy, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1961, no. 58, repro.
1967
Friends Collect, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 1967.
1978
Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 19.
1979
Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 2.
1997
Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
Bibliography
1962
Winzinger, Franz. Die Zeichnungen Martin Schongauers. Berlin: Deutscher Verein fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1962.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 658, no. 1036, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q64607404