The Death of the Virgin
c. 1390
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
silverpoint on blue-green prepared paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 29.1 x 40 cm (11 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1950.20.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna (Lugt 4398); purchased 20 April 1948 through (Walter Felichenfeldt, Zurich) by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA;[1] gift to NGA in 1950.
[1] Rosenwald describes the acquisitions from Liechtenstein in Recollections of a Collector, 1976, p. 46-47.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1948
Seventy Master Drawings, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1948-1949, no. 2.
1950
Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 5, repro.
Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 15, repro.
1977
Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 64.
1978
Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 18.
1982
Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 46, repro.
2015
Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The British Museum, London, 2015, no. 2.
2017
Johan Maelwael: Nijmegen-Paris-Dijon, Art Around 1400, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2017, no. 8, repro.
Bibliography
1982
Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, no. 46.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 658, no. 1034, color repro.
1996
Enstice, Wayne and Melody Peters. Drawing: Space, Form, and Dimension. New Jersey, 1996: 33, fig. 1.23.
2005
Dückers, Rob, Pieter Roelofs. The Limbourg Brothers; Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416. Antwerp, 2005:345, no. 86
2016
National Gallery of Art. Highlights from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2016: 39, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q64618170