The Resurrection

c. 1470/1475

Master of the Boccaccio Illustrations

Associated Names
Master of the Boccaccio Illustrations

Artist, Flemish, active c. 1476

The image shows a central person standing in a partially open tomb with a halo around their head. They are positioned upright with one knee bent, holding a staff with a cross and a banner attached. The person's facial features include long hair parted in the middle and a serene expression. They are dressed in flowing robes. Surrounding this central figure are four other individuals; two on either side of the tomb appear to be sleeping or have collapsed, wearing armor, and a third appears to be a winged angel leaning on the tomb. The angel is looking towards the central figure. Another figure at the bottom right, dressed in medieval attire, appears to be sleeping with one hand supporting his head. The background is blank, highlighting the figures in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.7 × 5.8 cm (3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.1 × 8.6 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5807

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.398, no. 23, State unique

  • Series Title

    The Small Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale 20, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Lucerne, 1929, no. 312); (sale 22, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Lucerne, 1930, no. 219); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 78a.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 31, repro.

2001

  • Genie ohne Namen: Der Meister des Bartholomäus-Altares, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 2001, no. 131A.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 31.

Inscriptions

verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: KK802

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65023858

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