Christ on the Mount of Olives

c. 1450/1460

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a religious scene featuring a man kneeling in prayer with a celestial figure above. The painting depicts the scene with the central figure on bended knee in a grassy area, surrounded by three people resting nearby. Above the central figure, there is a winged being holding a cross, gazing downward. In the upper right corner, a chalice is positioned on a ledge. The background showcases trees and wooden structures accentuated with simple yet bold lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red-brown lake, gray, yellow, rose, olive, and green

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.463

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 184, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barfusserkloster, Freiburg and Switzerland. (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased 2 May 1940 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L.1760b and L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 33, repro.

1967

  • Master Prints on Biblical Themes, Sloan Galleries at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 1967, no cat.

1979

  • Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 15.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 9, 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. 33.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 9.

1998

  • Hamburger, Jeffrey F. The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany. New York, 1998: 258, fig. 5.13.

Wikidata ID

Q64952898

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