An Apostle Filled with the Holy Spirit

1909

Emil Nolde

Artist, German, 1867 - 1956

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over pen and brown ink on English typewriting paper

  • Credit Line

    William Nelson Cromwell Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.8 x 21.1 cm (10 9/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1977.62.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Bern, Kornfeld und Klipstein 10 June 1976, lot 729, ill.); (Fischer Fine Art, London); (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased by NGA, 1977.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 114.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 13, as An Apostle Filled with the Holy Spirit.

Bibliography

1994

  • Jesus Teaches: Episcopla Children's Curriculum. Harrisburg: 1994: 8, repro.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 13.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Nolde.

Watermarks

JOYNS (probably Joynson and Sons)

Wikidata ID

Q64559417


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