The Virgin Supporting the Body of Christ, c. 1490/1500

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.4 × 7.5 cm (4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in.)

sheet: 11.7 × 8.4 cm (4 5/8 × 3 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.353, no. 1, State only

Accession Number

1976.39.3

Artists / Makers

Master F (artist) Flemish, active 15th century

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

verso, stamped in blue ink:C.H. Protector Meus, Collection Arenberg (Lugt 567)

Provenance

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil [1778 - 1864], Paris [1]; D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalia (Lugt 567); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, London; purchased by NGA, 1976.

[1] according to Colnaghi sale catalogue

Associated Names

Arenberg, A. d', Prince
Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Robert-Dumesnil, Alexandre-Pierre-François

Exhibition History

1976: Five Hundred Years of Fine Prints, P & D Colnaghi Co. Ltd, London, 1976, no. 14, repro.

1986: Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

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.