Saint Catherine

c. 1480

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image features a person standing with a sword in their left hand and their right hand resting on the sword's sheath. They have long, wavy blonde hair, a serene facial expression, a blue robe with a brownish-red cloak, and a large halo-like object above their head. The background shows abstract clouds in blue, green grass or ground, and a small structure resembling a castle or tower. The image is framed in an orange outline.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.841

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1330, State b

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. 216, 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

Q64953485

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