The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne

c. 1460

Master of St. Sebastian

Associated Names
Master of St. Sebastian

Artist, German, active c. 1470/1490

The image shows two women and a child seated on a platform. One woman holds the child. The child has a simplistic facial expression. The women have long hair and wear flowing garments. The background includes a town with gothic-style buildings, a river with ships, hills, figures engaged in activities, and lush foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 × 12 cm (6 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
    plate: 18 × 12.9 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 26.3 × 16.8 cm (10 3/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5812

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 4, p.193, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Trivulzio Collection, Milan; (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. 75.

1961

  • Christmas Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961-1962, no catalogue.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 33, repro.

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. 33.

Inscriptions

verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 47

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65023853

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