Holy Kinship

1490/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows multiple individuals arranged in a religious scene. At the center stands a crowned woman with long hair holding an infant. She is dressed in a red and green robe. Behind her are lines suggesting veneration. To her left and right are figures with halos, dressed in colorful robes. Some individuals are crowned. Decorative scrolls with ancient-style script are present. The background is light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.5 x 38.9 cm (10 7/16 x 15 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.7 x 39.1 cm (10 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
    overall (exterior frame dimensions): 44.8 x 60 cm (17 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.636

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 1779, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Freidrich August II, Dreden (Lugt 971); Josef Wunsch, Vienna; Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald (L. Supp. 1760c), 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. 30.

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 16.

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 257, repro.

2005

  • Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public, NGA and Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 2005-2006, no. 80, 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. 257.

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64953120

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