The Judgment of Solomon, c. 1480

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.6 x 21.3 cm (10 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.116, no. 2, State ii

Accession Number

1943.3.197

Artists / Makers

Master FVB (artist) Flemish, active c. 1480/1500

Image Use

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Provenance

John Malcolm [1805-1893], Poltalloch and London (Lugt 1780); The British Museum, London; (Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1938; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

British Museum, The
Malcolm, John
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1941: The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 109, repro.

1947: Six Centuries of Prints, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1947.

1957: The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957.

1965: Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 51.

1967: Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 126, repro.

1967: Mother and Child, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, 1967, no. 96.

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.

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. 126.