Foolish Virgin

1518

Niklaus Manuel I

Associated Names
Niklaus Manuel I

Artist, Swiss, c. 1484 - 1530

The image shows a full-length portrait of a person standing in a slightly turned position with one arm extended forward while holding an object similar to a small lantern. The person's facial features are detailed with a sharp nose and focused gaze, and they have curly hair, partly covered by a headscarf. They are wearing elaborate, textured clothing that appears to be a dress with ornamental accents like tassels and a corset-like top, complemented by ribbons and laces. A piece of jewelry is wrapped around the person’s upper arm. The background features a detailed landscape with hills and what seems to be a castle among the clouds. A decorative dagger is also shown on the ground near their feet.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 19 × 10.7 cm (7 1/2 × 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.60

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 9, State only

  • 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. 35, repro.

1953

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1953, no cat.

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no.121, repro.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 24, repro.

1979

  • Niklaus Manuel Deutsch: Maler, Dichter, Staatsmann, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, 1979.

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. 9, state only.

Inscriptions

lower left, in block: N[in reverse]MD

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65081528

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