Madonna and Child

Attributed to Master with the Flower Borders

Associated Names
Master with the Flower Borders

Artist, German, active c. 1450/1470

The image is a monochromatic illustration depicting two figures, shown from the waist upward. The primary figure is seated, with their body slightly turned to one side, and their head inclined downward to face the second figure. They have delicate facial features and wear a headdress that forms a halo-like circle around their head, adorned with floral patterns. Their hair is partially visible beneath the headdress. They are draped in flowing garments that spread across their seated form in soft folds. The second figure, depicted as a child, is positioned directly in front of the first figure, reaching towards them. The child also has a halo, decorated with lines radiating outward. They are partially wrapped in cloth. The scene is enclosed in a circular border with a decorative geometrical pattern. The background consists of radiating lines emanating from the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 3.1 cm (diameter)
    sheet: 3.5 × 3.4 cm (1 3/8 × 1 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.750

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, undescribed


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 19 August 1939 purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979]; gift to the NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

Inscriptions

on verso, in brown ink: [indecipherable fragment]

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64962964

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