The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony

Not on View

Medium

woodcut

Dimensions

image: 36.4 x 23.1 cm (14 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 72

Accession Number

1948.11.56

Artists / Makers

Lucas Cranach the Elder (artist) German, 1472 - 1553

Image Use

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Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966, L2770], Vienna;[1] (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna); sold 1947 to (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); sold 21 November 1947 to Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1948 to NGA.

[1]This print is inventory no. 772 of the Rudolf Gutmann collection confiscated by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. The collection was stored at the Zentraldepot in Vienna and transferred to the salt mine at Alt Aussee. The print was restituted to the Viennese dealer Christian Nebehay acting on Gutmann’s behalf in August 1947 (Restitution decision in Zl. 4716/47; export license in Zl 4694/47 dated 11 August 1947, all Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, copies in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Gutmann, Rudolf
Lanna, Adalbert von, Baron
Nebehay, Christian
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Schab Gallery, Inc., William H.

Exhibition History

1950: Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 28, repro.

1971: Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 23, repro.

1971: Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

1973: Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 56.

2000: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

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