Gothic Letter "d", c. 1480/1500

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 21.4 × 8.2 cm (8 7/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs, Vol. 4, p.306, no. 147

Accession Number

1949.5.35

Artists / Makers

German 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Franz Joseph, Count of Sternberg-Manderscheid [1763-1830], Prague; Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1948; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Franz Joseph, Count of Sternberg-Manderscheid
Friedrich August II, King of Saxony
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1950: Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 17, repro.

1967: Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 250, 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. 250.