Fourteen Auxiliary Saints

c. 1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image consists of fifteen rectangular panels, each featuring a full-body depiction of a religious or historical figure. The figures are shown in standing poses with different items or symbols. They have simplified facial features, various hairstyles, and wear robes in muted colors. Some figures are depicted with crowns, halos, armor, swords, or staffs. Symbols like a crucifix, a lamb, and lions can be seen around them. Several figures wear headpieces and hold items such as palm leaves, crosses, or chalices. The background of each panel is plain, emphasizing the figures with their distinctive attributes and adornments.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in pink-red, green, blue, and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.721

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1765, State a

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

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 25, repro.

1953

  • The Story of Medicine in Art, Milwaukee Art Institute, 1953, no. 151.

1956

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

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 253, 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

Q64953256

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