Saint Catherine of Siena, or Saint Clare of Assisi

c. 1460/1470

Italian 15th Century

Associated Names
Italian 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a person's upper body in a three-quarter view. The person is seated with their head slightly tilted to the right. They have closed eyes and light-colored hair styled in waves under a gray head covering. They wear a gray robe with a reddish-brown garment underneath. The person holds a closed book with their left hand while a golden halo surrounds their head. The background is plain and light, with a border of multiple gold and black lines framing the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut hand-colored in gray, yellow, and red lake

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.2 x 13.2 cm (5 3/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.743

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1756, State m

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b), NGA LJR (Lugt Supp.1932d)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 41, repro.

1956

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

1960

  • Gothic to Baroque, Allentown Art Museum, 1960, no. 66.

1962

  • The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 48.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 11.

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 252, repro.

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 6, 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

Q64953305

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