Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet

c. 1480

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a group of individuals gathered in a scene. The composition shows several figures seated or kneeling on a tiled surface, enclosed by an orange and blue border. The characters are depicted with a medieval stylization featuring outlines, simplified forms, and expressive faces. The palette incorporates reds, blues, and earth tones, giving the image a textured feel. The style is reminiscent of artwork from the medieval or early Renaissance period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.462

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 162

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.19, 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. 19.

Wikidata ID

Q64952897

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