Saint Barbara

1460/1480

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

Master of the Aachen Madonna

Related Artist, German, active c. 1460/1480

The image shows a figure wearing a crown and standing in a slightly angled position. The figure has long wavy hair and stylized facial features. They are dressed in ornate robes with detailed patterns in blue and yellow hues. The figure is holding a structure resembling a tower with both hands. Surrounding the figure are swirling motifs and patterns with leafy and floral designs in the background. The image is bordered.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    metalcut, hand-colored in green and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.765

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2561, State (=2562)

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 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. 348, 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

Q64962967

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