The Stoning of Christ

c. 1440/1450

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of an interior scene with two individuals and a third partially obscured by a doorway. The work has bold outlines and flat areas of color. The figures wear vibrant clothes in red and blue and stand on a green checkered floor. The setting appears enclosed, with an architectural archway framing the action. The style resembles medieval woodcut illustrations, known for strong lines, limited perspective, and direct storytelling. The scene is rich in color and detailed, with intricate clothing and facial expressions on the central figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red, green, yellow, blue-gray, and gold

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.459

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 143, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] sold 1939 via his son Walter Aufhäuser to Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 25, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965: no. 25.

Wikidata ID

Q64952894

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