The Holy Family, c. 1475/1480

Not on View

Medium

engraving

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.210, no. 217, State ii/iv

Accession Number

1943.3.119

Artists / Makers

Israhel van Meckenem (artist) German, c. 1445 - 1503

Image Use

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Provenance

Antoine Vivenel [1799 - 1862], Paris (Lugt 190); (sale 3, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Lucerne, 1926, pl. XVI); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Vivenel, Antoine

Exhibition History

1962: A Selection of Christmas Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962-1963, no catalogue.

1967: Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 178, 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.

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

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. 178.