The Transportation of the Holy House of Loreto

1494

French 15th Century

Associated Names
French 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting depicting towering cityscapes labeled Nazareth and Jerusalem, with a church being carried through the heavens by two angels. A checkerboard pattern is partially visible in the foreground. A radiant figure emerges from clouds in the upper section of the image, framed by intricate design elements with text in ribbon-like banners. The style is reminiscent of a medieval or early Renaissance illustration, with earthy and muted colors accented by traditional bright colors like reds, blues, and greens. The piece likely illustrates a religious event or story and resembles an illustrative woodcut from religious texts of that period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in tan, dark gray-green, orange, and purple; the green and orange may have been applied by means of a stencil

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (irreg.): 33.2 × 21.7 cm (13 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.722

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1942, State z

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1951

  • French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, University of Pittsburgh, 1951.

1955

  • French Woodcuts, Engravings and Books of the 15th and Early 16th Centuries, The Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1955.

1962

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 276, repro.

1971

  • A Selection of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Book Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 12.

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

Q64953260

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