Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles

c. 1490/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a group gathering with figures in robes and halos. The painting shows an assembly of figures gathered closely, some wearing robes of blue, green, and red, and some with halos around their heads. One seated figure appears to be washing the foot of another. The use of colors is bold and the forms are outlined in a thick black line. The background is filled with overlapping halos. The image is bordered by a decorative frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, dark blue, and lilac

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9563

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 164, State b

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).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 14, 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

Q65018857

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