Christ and the Woman of Samaria

c. 1470

German 15th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    metalcut, hand-colored in gray and rose on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.6 × 11.8 cm (6 15/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.13.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2215

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

G. von Rath (born 1888), Krefeld (Lugt 2772)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 331, repro.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 7, 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.

2004

  • Weekes, Ursula. Early Engravers and Their Public: the Master of the Berlin Passion and Manuscripts from Convents in the Rhine-Maas Region, ca. 1450-1500. London: Harvey Miller, 2004, p. 75, fig. 81.

Markings

recto: none; verso: G. von Rath (Lugt 2772)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65218699

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