The New Church of the Beautiful Virgin at Regensburg, c. 1520

Not on View

Medium

woodcut printed from three blocks and letterpress on two sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

image: 64.8 x 53.5 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/16 in.)

sheet: 72 x 63.2 cm (28 3/8 x 24 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 7

Accession Number

2006.101.1

Artists / Makers

Michael Ostendorfer (artist) German, c. 1490 - 1559

Image Use

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Inscription

letterpress text, upper left: Anno incarnationis... / ...lecifate non cessat; letterpress text, upper right: Als man nach der gepurdt Christi... / ...herzlich erfreyent

Provenance

Unidentified private collector J.N. (or G.N.) (not in Lugt); (C.G. Boerner, LLC, New York); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Unknown Collection

Exhibition History

2007: The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge