Saint Francis of Assisi

German 15th Century1450/1470

Details

Title: Saint Francis of Assisi
Creator: German 15th Century
Date Created: 1450/1470
Provenance: (Weiss & Co., Munich); Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c and L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943. [1] For complete information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, and Richard S. Field, _Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts_, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, vermilion, blue, gray, and gold

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