A Foolish Virgin
1475/1491
Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 15 x 11.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1958.8.158
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 86, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Karl Eduard von Liphart [1808-1891], Dupart, Bonn, and Florence(Lugt 1687); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1955; gift to NGA, 1958.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 4.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 105, 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. 25.
Bibliography
1908
Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge
1967
Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 105.
Watermarks
Gothic P with flower (close to Lehrs 66, 68)
Wikidata ID
Q65362392