The Presentation in the Temple, c. 1490/1500

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series Title

The Life of the Virgin [Lehrs 50-61]

Medium

engraving

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.064, no. 57, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.108

Artists / Makers

Israhel van Meckenem (artist) German, c. 1445 - 1503

Hans Holbein the Elder (artist after) German, c. 1465 - 1524

Image Use

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Provenance

William Edwards [d. 1821], London (Lugt 2616); Gerhard Güttler [1889-1966], Berlin (Lugt 2807b); (sale 157, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 714); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Edwards, William
Güttler, Gerhard
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1931: Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 6.

1941: The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 113.

1945: Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 11.

1959: Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

1961: Christmas Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961-1962, no catalogue.

1966: Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 12.

1967: Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 223, 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.

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

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. 223.