Genealogical Tree of Christ

c. 1470

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a religious scene with a crucifixion at the center. The drawing depicts a central figure on a cross, surrounded by two angels dressed in red robes positioned near the top corners of the image. Below the cross are two figures sitting and holding books, one on each side. The scene is set outdoors, indicated by leaves or tree-like elements at various points in the image. The composition is rendered in a simple yet expressive manner that emphasizes the central crucifixion and the figures surrounding it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.865

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. *, no. 1782, State b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Weiss & Co., Munich); 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

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 258, repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 13.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 19, 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.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 19.

Wikidata ID

Q64953513

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