The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels
c. 1500
Artist

Artwork overview
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Medium
white line woodcut
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Credit Line
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Accession
1953.6.254
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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