The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels

c. 1500

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    white line woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession

    1953.6.254

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2869


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Füssli [1755-1829], Zurich (L1008); Richard von Passavant-Gontard, Frankfurt; (his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 May 1929, no. 36); (Charles Sessler [1854-1935], Philadelphia); purchased 1929 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760b); gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 290, repro.

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

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

Q65218581


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