Martyrdom of a Saint

c. 1480

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a drawing showing a scene with a figure holding a sword above their head and another figure kneeling. The standing figure has a drawn sword, wearing a pointed hat, while the kneeling figure is dressed in a long robe with clasped hands and a serene expression. The kneeling figure has a halo around their head. The background is suggested with simple sketched lines, framed in red.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, yellow, blue, rose, gold, and orange

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.800

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1752, State m

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton W.M. Mensing; Sotheby's, December 16, 1936, lot 228.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 251, 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

Q64953390

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