Updated 27 October 2021
Currently not on display
Christ Blessing the Virgin
Date | ca. 1475-80 |
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Materials and Techniques | engraving |
Size(cm) | 16.2 x 15.7 |
Inscriptions | Monogrammed lower middle: MS |
Standard ref. | Lehrs 18 |
Category | Prints |
Collection Number | G.1990-0041 |
Christ and the Virgin are seated next to each other on a celestial throne. Three angels are watching over from behind the throne. This engraving is done on a more or less square plate and is characterized by the way the two figures are positioned on both sides of the throne to form an extremely explicit symmetry. The iconography could have been inspired by a relief sculpted on the tympanum above the southern entrance to a church at the height of the Gothic period. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
A. W. Blum (Lugt Suppl. 79b); Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt; Purchased by the NMWA, 1991.
Exhibition History
- 1991
- Martin Schongauer und der deutsche Kupferstich des 15. Jahrhunderts, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 25 June 1991 - 18 August 1991, cat. no. 51
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 47
Bibliography
- 1948
- Baum, Julius. Martin Schongauer. Wien, A. Schroll, 1948, p. 41.
- 1951
- Flechsig, Eduard. Martin Schongauer. Strassburg, P.H.Heitz, 1951, pp. 225, 233, 308-309.
- 1956
- Frankl, Paul. Peter Hemmel: Glasmaler von Andlau. Berlin, Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1956, pp. 34-35.
- 1967
- Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.(exh. cat.). Shestack, Alan, ed. Washington, The National Gallery of Art, 1967 , no. 75.
- 1969
- Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niderländischen und französischen Kupferstiches im 15. Jahrhundert. vol. 5, Nendeln/Liechtenstein, 1969 (1st ed., Wien, 1925), No. 18, pp.114-116.
- 1971
- Minott, Charles Ilsley. Martin Schongauer. New York, 1971, p. 38.
- 1980
- Bernhard, Marianne. Martin Schongauer und sein Kreis. München, 1980, p. 57.
- 1980
- The Illustrated Bartsch. vol. VI, New York, 1980, No. 71, p. 152.
- 1991
- Martin Schongauer: maître de la gravure rhenane vers 1430-1491 (exh. cat.). Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 14 November 1991 - 16 February 1992. Paris, Paris-Musées, 1991 , No. 26.
- 1991
- Der hübsche Martin, Kupferstich und Zeichnungen von Martin Schongauer (exh. cat.). Colmar, Unterlinden Museum, 1991. , No. K. 14.
- 1991
- Martin Schongauer zum 500 Todestag(exh. cat.). Friedrich, Glaubrecht, ed. Kupferstich-Kabinetts der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, 17 February - 7 April 1991. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 1991, No. 18.
- 1991
- Martin Schongauer: das Kupferstichwerk (exh. cat.). Falk, Tilman, ed. Staatliche, No. 18.
- 1994
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 25-26 (April 1990-March 1992), 1994, Tanabe, Mikinosuke. New Acquisitions. Martin Schongauer, 《Christ Blessing the Virgin》. pp. 20-23, List of New Acquisitions. p. 47, repr.