Saint Maurice

c. 1480/1490

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image depicts a person standing with a slight contrapposto pose, holding a staff in their right hand and a spiked mace in their left. The person has short, curly hair, a halo, and is clad in armor with a billowing cloak. The background shows an outdoor setting with grass and hills or mountains in the distance under a cloudy sky. The image is framed by ornate lettering.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving, hand-colored in green, yellow, blue, and light brown

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14 × 10.3 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 167, State unique

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marx Collection, Göttingen; Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein-Oels, Silésie (Lugt 2669); (his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2 May 1932, lot 185); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1949; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 253, repro.

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 253.

Inscriptions

in border around central image, in plate: Sanctus Mauricius Bidde Godt Vor Uns [followed by majiscule alphabet] (Saint Maurice, pray to God for us) [translation from Alan Shestack, "Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe." Exh. catalogue, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1967, no. 253.]

Wikidata ID

Q65070326

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