Saint Jost

c. 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 full-body illustration of a figure standing. The person faces forward with a serene expression, featuring an elongated face with small, closed lips and downcast eyes, wavy shoulder-length hair, wearing a long, brown and red patterned robe and cloak, with a halo around the head. They hold a wooden staff and a book, with a rosary draped over the hand holding the book. The background has lush green floral designs with white and yellow flowers, framed within a rectangular border, and the name "SANT JACOB" inscribed at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    metalcut, hand-colored in red, orange, and green

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.776

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2687

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. 358, 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

Q64962984

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