Bookplate of the Abbey of Ottobeuren

c. 1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a heraldic coat of arms. The image features a shield with a rampant lion at its center. At the top of the shield is a helmet crested with a creature that resembles an eagle with outspread wings and a crowned head. The shield is decorated with intricate leaf-like mantling. The color palette includes black and red tones. At the bottom, there is an inscription in a stylized script.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in vermilion and red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.4 × 16.3 cm (9 3/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 2036, State m

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 286, 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

Q65218448

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