The Last Agony of the Dying Man
c. 1470/1475
German 15th Century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 22.5 × 16.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
1943.3.715
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schreiber Manuel, Vol. IV, p. 256, no. 309, State ed. VII
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 5 December 1876, lot 142). Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1951
Fifteenth-century Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951-1952, no cat.
1955
Art of the Medieval Period, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1955, no catalogue.
1960
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.
1964
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1964, no catalogue.
1965
Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 12.
1971
A Selection of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Book Prints from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 6, repro.
1974
The Fable of the Sick Lion: A Fifteenth-Century Blockbook, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1974, no. 8B.
Bibliography
1911
Schreiber, Wilhelm. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur metal au XVe siecle. 5 vols.Berlin and Leipzig, 1891-1910.
1968
Field, Richard S. "A Woodcut Passion for the National Gallery of Art." In Report and Studies in the History of Art 1968. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968, p. 36.
Markings
recto: none; verso: Lessing J. Rosenwald and National Gallery of Art
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64953231