The Virgin in a Robe Embroidered with Ears of Corn

German 15th Centuryc. 1470/1480

Details

Title: The Virgin in a Robe Embroidered with Ears of Corn
Creator: German 15th Century
Date Created: c. 1470/1480
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Provenance: (Anton W.M. Mensing [1866 – 1936], Amsterdam). (Sotheby's, 18 December 1936, lot 228); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760b and L1932d); gift to NGA, 1943.
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in gray, rose, yellow, red, blue, green, gold, and orange

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