Saint Leo (Pope Leo IX)

1516/1518

Leonhard Beck

Associated Names
Leonhard Beck

Artist, German, c. 1480 - 1542

The image depicts a figure dressed in ecclesiastical clothing standing next to a person in bed. The standing figure is elegantly robed, holding a staff and wearing a tiara. The individual in bed is partially visible, with their head resting on a hand and covered by a blanket. The background shows a brick wall with a coat of arms and two arched windows with an exterior view.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.311

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 65

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Schab; purchased in 1959 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Leonhard Beck, Guido Messling, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 65.

Wikidata ID

Q65511007

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