The Madonna and Child in a Rosary

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943. [1] For complete information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, and Richard S. Field, _Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts_, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

The Madonna and Child in a Rosary

French 15th Century

c. 1490

Accession Number

1943.3.568

Medium

woodcut, hand-colored in mauve purple, vermilion, gray-blue, probably by stencil

Dimensions

sheet: 24.5 × 17.5 cm (9 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection