Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

c. 1470/1475

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in black, yellow, green, orange, gold, and red

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession

    1943.3.591

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 1276, State d


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna. (Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Luzern, Cat. 7 (1926) no. 4; Cat. 10 (1927) no. 8; Cat. 16 (1929) no. 3); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased 1 February 1930 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760b and L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 205, 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. 205.

Wikidata ID

Q64953038


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