The Crucifixion with Saint Mary Magdalene

c. 1490

Attributed to Michael Wolgemut

Associated Names
Michael Wolgemut

Artist, German, 1434 - 1519

This is a painting of a crucifixion scene with a city backdrop. The image shows a crucifix with a figure on it, displaying nail marks on the hands and feet. Around the crucifix are several figures in different postures, dressed in period garments. The city skyline in the background features buildings and towers under a blue sky. The artwork uses vivid colors and detailed linework to depict the landscape and scene. The style resembles that of a Renaissance artist focused on religious themes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored woodcut on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.4 x 18.5 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.6 x 24.9 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.492

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 475

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. 74, repro.

1968

  • The Golden Age of the Woodcut: 1450-1550, Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1968, no. 3.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 58, 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. 74.

Wikidata ID

Q64962897

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