Saint Peter as Founder of the Church

1460/1470

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows two individuals standing close to a stylized architectural structure resembling a church or a cathedral with towers featuring green roofs and rectangular windows. The person on the left is wearing a golden crown with a cross on top and a halo in a green hue. This individual is dressed in a purple robe and is holding a golden key in their right hand. The person on the right has a round hairstyle, typical of a tonsure, and is wearing an ornate robe with visible striped patterns. This person is holding a cup in the right hand. The background features a simple architectural setting with a roof pattern in brown and green hues set against a plain wall, all outlined in black lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.512

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 1654, State m

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. 20f.

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. 97, repro.

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

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. 97.

Wikidata ID

Q64952948

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