Foolish Virgin

1518

Niklaus Manuel I

Associated Names
Niklaus Manuel I

Artist, Swiss, c. 1484 - 1530

The image shows a woman standing with her left foot slightly forward, right hand holding a round object, and left hand resting on her hip. Her head is turned slightly downward, face partially obscured by her hair styled in intricate waves and curls, adorned with a ribbon or band trailing behind her. She wears a long, flowing dress with voluminous sleeves and a belt tied around her waist. She also wears a necklace and the dress has a decorated neckline. The background features a simple landscape with rolling hills and stylized clouds in the sky. At the lower left corner, text is inscribed on scroll-like shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 19.2 × 10.6 cm (7 9/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.7 × 12.5 cm (8 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 8, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    The Wise and Foolish Virgins

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1947; gift to NGA, 1948.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 36.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Niklaus Manuel Deutsch and Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, Guido Messling, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2016; Part I, no. 8, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in block: N[in reverse]MD / VON BERNN

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65081526

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