Christ in the Wilderness Served by Angels
c. 1480/1490
Artist, German, active c. 1480/1500
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 30 × 22.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1950.17.207
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs, Vol. 6, p.27, no. 5, State ii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert Scholtz [1834-1912], Budapest; (his sale, H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, May 1911, no. 805); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966], Vienna (Lugt 2770) [1]; (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1950; gift to NGA, 1950.
[1] Although Rudolph Gutmann’s collection was seized in 1938 and restituted to him almost in its entirety, this particular work does not seem to appear in the catalogue of the seized collection or among the seizure cards created for the Zentraldepot, Vienna. This print might have entered the market before 1938.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 116, repro.
1971
Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 19, repro.
1973
Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 29, 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. 116.
Inscriptions
lower left, in plate: M + S [false monogram of Martin Schongauer]
Watermarks
portal with two towers?
Wikidata ID
Q65362445