Virgin and Child with the Apple
c. 1470/1475
Artist, German, c. 1450 - 1491
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 17.4 × 11.6 cm (6 7/8 × 4 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1947.7.107.a
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 39, State only
Associated Artworks
Virgin and Child with the Apple (verso)
German 15th/16th Century
1470
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess [1801-1872], Nuremberg (Lugt 2749); Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler [1770-1846], Berlin (Lugt 2529); Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (Lugt 1606, Lugt 4957, and Lugt 2922); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1947; gift to NGA, 1947.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1953
Nuremberg and the German World, 1460-1530: Prints and books from the Kress and Rosenwald Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953, no catalogue.
1955
Miniatures and Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no catalogue.
1966
An Exhibition of Christmas Card Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no catalogue.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 48, repro.
1971
Renaissance Prints, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1971.
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. Vol. XLIX (compiled by Lothar Schmitt). Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1999: no. 39.
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. 48.
Wikidata ID
Q65081002