Winged Woman on a Star

c. 1515/1518

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing of a winged figure standing above a landscape with a castle. The figure is nude with flowing hair, large feathered wings, one hand holding a rod with drapery and the other hand holding a plume. The figure stands atop a bright light source that illuminates the landscape below with a castle, trees, and winding pathways. The artwork features intricate linework and shading suggesting careful etching techniques.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.5 × 4.8 cm (3 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.417

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 77, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

St. John Dent [died c. 1884], London (Lugt 2373). acquired 1884 by British Museum, London (Lugt 302), and subsequently sold as a duplicate (Lugt 305). purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 140, repro.

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 123, b.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.140.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 77, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q64952553

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