Christ on the Cross [recto], mid- to late 1470s

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash on antique laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 21.1 x 17.7 cm (8 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection

Accession Number

1998.17.7.a

Artists / Makers

Master of the Drapery Studies (artist) German, active c. 1470 - 1500

Image Use

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Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague (Lugt 2773); (his sale, Stuttgart, Gutekunst, 6-11 May 1910, lot 23); Joseph Meder; (L'Art ancien, Zurich); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 1980; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

L'Art ancien S.A.
Lanna, Adalbert von, Baron
Meder, Joseph
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1986: Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 77 (as Dirk Bouts).

1986: Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 42.

1987: Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 67 (as Dieric Bouts).

1990: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 82 (as Dieric Bouts).

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 13.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1908: Schönbrunner, Josef and Johannes Meder. Handzeichnungen alter Meister aus der Albertina und anderen Sammlungen. 12 vols. Vienna, 1908: 12: no. 1351.

1926: Winkler, Friedrich. "Stadtkölnische Buchmaler-Werkstätten im 15. Jahrhundert." Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch. 3-4 (1926-1927): 128.

1930: Winkler, Friedrich. "Ein Kölnisches Gebetbuch aus der Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts." Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 1 (1930): 111.

1930: Winkler, Friedrich. "Skizzenbücher eines unbekannten rheinischen Meisters um 1500." Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 1 (1930): 128, 152.

1988: Roth, Michael. "Die Zeichnungen des 'Meisters der Coburger Rundblätter.'" Ph.D. dissertation, Freien Universität Berlin, 1988: 65-67, no. 18

1992: Roth, Michael. "Die Zeichnungen des "Meisters der Coburger Rundblatter." Ph.D. dissertation. Free University, Berlin (1988): microfiche edition, 65-67, no. 18.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 13.