Saint Bonaventure Arriving and Preaching in Lyon

1480-1490

French 15th Century

Associated Names
French 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting featuring a central circular motif filled with various figures, surrounded by an ornate border. The figures in the painting are dressed in robes and displayed with symbolic items and banners with inscriptions. The color palette consists of red, blue, and earth tones, giving it a vintage appearance. The style resembles that of medieval or early Renaissance religious artwork, reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts and altarpieces. The detailed patterns and iconographic symbols suggest the influence of an artist skilled in richly detailed and symbolic compositions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in vermilion, orange-rose, light and dark gray-blue, and lavender

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irreg.): 36.5 × 26.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9134

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1282, State x

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 208, repro.

1968

  • Good and Bad Angels, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1968, no catalogue.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65018797

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