The Twelve Year Old Jesus in the Temple

c. 1490/1500

German 15th Century

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The image depicts a group of people in an illustrative or painted scene. There are six figures shown, all seated around a central figure in a frontal pose. The central figure, a child with curly blonde hair, sits on a stepped platform wearing a brown garment with a halo-like circle around the head. To the left, a figure in green raises their hand while holding a book. Another figure wearing a red hat holds a book. The other individuals wear varied clothing and hold books. Two figures on the right wear headscarves. In the background, there is an architectural element resembling arches, suggesting an indoor setting like a church. The colors are vivid, resembling an illuminated manuscript page.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in dark blue, red, yellow, ochre, and brown-violet

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9562

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 130, State a


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

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Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 13, repro.

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

Q65018855

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