A Monstrance Held by Two Angels

1495/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of two angelic figures holding a religious or ceremonial object. The image features two winged figures standing on either side of an ornate, vertically elongated structure. The structure is embellished with spires and decorative patterns. The figures are draped in flowing garments and have halos around their heads. The color palette is subdued with earthy tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in green, brown, rose, and olive

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.758

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 1940

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); gift to 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

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 275, 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

Q64953332

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