The Archbishop Blessing the Child after the Baptism

1514/1516

Hans Burgkmair I

Associated Names
Hans Burgkmair I

Artist, German, 1473 - 1531

The image shows several individuals in an ornate architectural setting with arches and columns. In the center, a person with a crown and long garments holds a child wrapped in cloth. To the left, a group of people wearing various hats and cloaks engage with the central figures. On the right, another individual wears a decorative floral hat and detailed outfit. The figures appear to be interacting, with one figure to the left holding a staff. Above them, through the arches, there are depictions of trees or foliage adding detail to the background, which features an intricately designed ceiling or entablature.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.1 x 19.7 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.441

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 438

  • Series Title

    Trietzsaurwein's "Weisskonig"

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Schab; purchased 1963 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 74.

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

Wikidata ID

Q65508698

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