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Provenance

(Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich, Cat. 90 (1892) no. 96); Martin Aufhäuser [d. 1944], Munich and Holland [1]; purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); 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).

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.
1998
Olson, Roberta J. M. "The Rosary and Its Iconography, Part I: Background for Devotional Tondi," Arte Cristiana LXXXVI (July-August 1998): 272, fig. 5.
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