Allegory of the Meeting of Pope Paul II and Emperor Frederick III

German 15th Centuryc. 1470

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Title: Allegory of the Meeting of Pope Paul II and Emperor Frederick III
Creator: German 15th Century
Date Created: c. 1470
Physical Dimensions: image: 41.3 x 29.2 cm (16 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.) sheet: 38.4 x 28.8 cm (15 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.) overall (external frame dimensions): 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
Provenance: (Heinrich Eisemann, Frankfurt); Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943. [1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, _Recollections of a Collector_, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, _Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts_, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in green, red lake, yellow, tan, and orange

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