Christ Appearing to the Apostles

c. 1460/1470

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows four people in a stylized, illustrated form. Three figures on the right side face left, with their bodies turned towards the central figure on the left. The central figure on the left sits atop a cloud, holding a crucifer with their right hand raised. All figures have halos, defined features, and wear flowing robes in shades of earth tones. Linear patterns denote hair and beards. The background is minimally detailed with solid colors like green for the ground and beige for the sky or back wall. The scene is on textured paper with a simple illustrative style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in venetian red, green, lavender, and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.505

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 578, State n

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Maihingen; Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For complete information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 20d.

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 92, repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 10a.

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. 92.

Wikidata ID

Q64952940

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