The Madonna and Child in a Rosary

c. 1490

French 15th Century

Associated Names
French 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a crowned woman holding a child in her arms. The woman's face is serene, her hair is partially visible under the crown, and she is dressed in a flowing robe. The child is partially clothed and the woman holds a string of beads or a rosary. Two angels are present, positioned on either side of them. The background features flowing lines and the border has spherical shapes and floral designs. The bottom of the image contains a line of text in an old script.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in mauve purple, vermilion, gray-blue, probably by stencil

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.5 × 17.5 cm (9 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.568

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1134, State m

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 173, 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. 173.

Wikidata ID

Q64953011

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