The Virgin with the Blessing Child in a Landscape

c. 1515

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

The image depicts a woman seated on the ground, holding a child in her lap. The woman faces to her right, while the child stands on her lap, looking outward with one arm raised. The woman has a serene expression and long hair covered with a headscarf. The child has curly hair. Both figures wear halos. The scene includes detailed grass and rock textures. In the background, there are trees with foliage reaching into the sky, cloud patterns, distant mountains, and a rustic structure resembling a house or barn on the left side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 16.1 × 11.5 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.381

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 19, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 28.

1979

  • Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 27.

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 122.

1993

  • Wood, Christopher S. Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape. London, 1993: 154, fig. 110.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 19, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952515

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