Virgin and Child with the Apple, c. 1470/1475

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.4 × 11.6 cm (6 7/8 × 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 39, State only

Accession Number

1947.7.107.a

Artists / Makers

Martin Schongauer (artist) German, c. 1450 - 1491

Image Use

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Provenance

Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess [1801-1872], Nuremberg (Lugt 2749); Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler [1770-1846], Berlin (Lugt 2529); Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (Lugt 1606, Lugt 4957, and Lugt 2922); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1947; gift to NGA, 1947.

Associated Names

Aufsess, Hans Freiherr von und zu
Nagler, Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Exhibition History

1953: Nuremberg and the German World, 1460-1530: Prints and books from the Kress and Rosenwald Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953, no catalogue.

1955: Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.

1966: An Exhibition of Christmas Card Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no catalogue.

1967: Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 48, repro.

1971: Renaissance Prints, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1971.

Bibliography

1908: Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Vol. XLIX (compiled by Lothar Schmitt). Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1999: no. 39.

1967: Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 48.