Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

c. 1480/1490

Martin Schongauer

Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 16 x 15.8 cm (6 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.17.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 15, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Anton Cornill-d'Orville [1790-1875], Frankfurt (Lugt 529); Atherton Curtis [1863-1943], Paris (Lugt 94); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1959; gift to NGA, 1961.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1964

  • Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1964, no catalogue.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 77, repro.

1985

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

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 55, repro.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

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 Hertzberger.

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. 77.

1990

  • Russell 1990, no. 55.

Wikidata ID

Q65511200


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