German 15th Century – Saint Clare of Assisi, 1450/1470 (Series Tittle: Five Woodcuts from a Franciscan Series)

German 15th Century – Saint Clare of Assisi, 1450/1470 (Series Tittle: Five Woodcuts from a Franciscan Series)

Artist: German 15th Century (artist)

Provenance: (Weiss & Co., Munich). Martin Aufhauser [d. 1944], Munich and Holland; [1] purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.

[1] For complete information on Aufhauser’s collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Exhibition History: 1965
Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 117, repro.

Bibliography: 1926
Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965
Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965: no. 117.