Bookplate of Hilprand Brandenburg of Bibrach

c. 1475

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a winged figure holding a shield featuring a bull. The image portrays a figure with green and red wings, dressed in a flowing robe, holding a blue shield with both hands. The shield prominently displays a drawing of a bull with distinctive horns and an energetic stance. The figure has flowing golden hair and stylized facial features typical of medieval or early renaissance artwork. The colors are vibrant, with an emphasis on earth tones and contrast between the shield and the figure's robe. This is in the style of medieval woodcut prints.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in green, rose, light blue, red, and yellow on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irregular): 6.9 × 6.4 cm (2 11/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.648

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2038

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Stonehill, London); purchased 8 January 1938 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. 288, 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.

Wikidata ID

Q64953152

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