Saint Apollonia

c. 1450

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows three figures. The central figure is sitting, while two others stand around them. The seated person has light blond hair styled close to their head, wearing a red robe with a green halo. One standing figure, to the left, holds an object resembling a chisel. This figure has curly blond hair and wears a green garment with red hose. The other standing figure, to the right, wears a large, pink hat and grey tunic. The background features grassy areas and buildings resembling churches or castles, with a radiant sun above them.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, yellow, and brown

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.583

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. *, no. 1237, State c

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Weiss & Co., Munich); 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 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. 189, repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 3.

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. 189.

Wikidata ID

Q64953029

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