Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

c. 1500

French 15th Century

Associated Names
French 15th Century

Artist

The image features two figures in an outdoor setting. One person is kneeling, facing right, with long hair partly covered by a veil or headscarf, wearing a long robe with a cloak, holding a small jar. The other person stands facing left, one arm slightly extended towards the kneeling figure, with long hair and a beard, wearing a robe that exposes the chest. A tree separates them, with lush foliage at the top. Structures resembling buildings or towers can be seen in the background. At the bottom, there is a band of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in maroon, orange, yellow, blue-green, mauve, and flesh on laid paper, possibly applied with stencils

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.2 × 14.7 cm (8 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.497

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 554, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); 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

1955

  • French Woodcuts, Engravings and Books of the 15th and Early 16th Centuries, The Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1955.

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 31.

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 89, repro.

1968

  • The Golden Age of the Woodcut: 1450-1550, Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1968, no. 7.

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. 3, repro.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 8, 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. 89.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 8.

Wikidata ID

Q64952932

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