Origins of European Printmaking

German (Middle Rhenish?), Master of the Playing Cards
Knave Reading a Letter, c. 1435/1440
engraving, sheet: 133 x 90 mm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann, 1999.26.1

Cat No. 8a
File Name: 206-003.jpg
German (Middle Rhenish?), Master of the Playing Cards
Knave Reading a Letter, c. 1435/1440
engraving
sheet: 133 x 90 mm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann, 1999.26.1
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German (Bavaria)
A Prayer Book with Twelve Woodcuts of the Passion, mid-fifteenth century
colored woodcuts in a manuscript, smallest image: 125 x 83 mm (4 15/16 x 3 1/4); largest image: 139 x 95 mm (5 1/2 x 3 3/4); smallest sheet: 132 x 94 mm (5 3/16 x 3 11/16); largest sheet: 139 x 102 mm (5 1/2 x 4)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett

Cat No. 17
File Name: 206-053.jpg
German (Bavaria)
A Prayer Book with Twelve Woodcuts of the Passion, mid-fifteenth century
colored woodcuts in a manuscript
smallest image: 125 x 83 mm (4 15/16 x 3 1/4); largest image: 139 x 95 mm (5 1/2 x 3 3/4); smallest sheet: 132 x 94 mm (5 3/16 x 3 11/16); largest sheet: 139 x 102 mm (5 1/2 x 4)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
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South German
Death of the Virgin, 1440-1460
colored woodcut printed on parchment, image: 690 x 570 mm (27 3/16 x 22 7/16); sheet: 117 x 73 mm (4 5/8 x 2 7/8)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, SMPK

Cat No. 19
File Name: 206-069.jpg
South German
Death of the Virgin, 1440-1460
colored woodcut printed on parchment
image: 690 x 570 mm (27 3/16 x 22 7/16); sheet: 117 x 73 mm (4 5/8 x 2 7/8)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, SMPK
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South German
The Annunciation, c. 1460-1470
colored woodcut, image: 271 x 193 mm (10 11/16 x 7 5/8); sheet: 315 x 227 mm (12 3/8 x 8 15/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.452

Cat No. 22b
File Name: 206-005.jpg
South German
The Annunciation, c. 1460-1470
colored woodcut
image: 271 x 193 mm (10 11/16 x 7 5/8); sheet: 315 x 227 mm (12 3/8 x 8 15/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.452
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German (Franconia?)
Christ before Herod, 1420-1430
woodcut, sheet: 395 x 285 mm (15 9/16 x 11 1/4); framed: 601 x 449 x 22 mm (23 11/16 x 17 11/16 x 7/8)
The British Museum, London

Cat No. 25
File Name: 206-059.jpg
German (Franconia?)
Christ before Herod, 1420-1430
woodcut
sheet: 395 x 285 mm (15 9/16 x 11 1/4); framed: 601 x 449 x 22 mm (23 11/16 x 17 11/16 x 7/8)
The British Museum, London
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German or Austrian (Bavaria or Salzburg)
Saint Dorothy and the Christ Child, 1410-1420
colored woodcut, image: 270 x 197 mm (10 5/8 x 7 3/4); sheet: 288 x 209 mm (11 5/16 x 8 1/4); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Cat No. 27
File Name: 206-060.jpg
German or Austrian (Bavaria or Salzburg)
Saint Dorothy and the Christ Child, 1410-1420
colored woodcut
image: 270 x 197 mm (10 5/8 x 7 3/4); sheet: 288 x 209 mm (11 5/16 x 8 1/4); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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German or Austrian (Franconia, Bavaria, or Salzburg)
Saint Dorothy, c. 1420
colored woodcut, sheet: 377 x 198 mm (14 13/16 x 7 13/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Cat No. 28
File Name: 206-132.jpg
German or Austrian (Franconia, Bavaria, or Salzburg)
Saint Dorothy, c. 1420
colored woodcut
sheet: 377 x 198 mm (14 13/16 x 7 13/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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Austrian or Bohemian (Vienna or Moravia?)
The Holy Family, c. 1430
colored woodcut, sheet: 282 x 211 mm (11 1/8 x 8 5/16)
Albertina, Vienna

Cat No. 29
File Name: 206-062.jpg
Austrian or Bohemian (Vienna or Moravia?)
The Holy Family, c. 1430
colored woodcut
sheet: 282 x 211 mm (11 1/8 x 8 5/16)
Albertina, Vienna
© Albertina, Vienna
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Austrian (?)
Saint Jerome Removing a Thorn from the Lion's Paw, c. 1430
colored woodcut, image: 271 x 193 mm (10 11/16 x 7 5/8)
Albertina, Vienna

Cat No. 30
File Name: 206-063.jpg
Austrian (?)
Saint Jerome Removing a Thorn from the Lion's Paw, c. 1430
colored woodcut
image: 271 x 193 mm (10 11/16 x 7 5/8)
Albertina, Vienna
© Albertina, Vienna
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South German
A Crucifix with the Arms of Tegernsee, c. 1480 (after a model of 1420-1430)
colored woodcut, sheet: 410 x 273 mm (16 1/8 x 10 3/4); framed: 653 x 495 x 32 mm (25 11/16 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Cat No. 38
File Name: 206-100.jpg
South German
A Crucifix with the Arms of Tegernsee, c. 1480 (after a model of 1420-1430)
colored woodcut
sheet: 410 x 273 mm (16 1/8 x 10 3/4); framed: 653 x 495 x 32 mm (25 11/16 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
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German (Nuremberg)
Canon Table with a Calvary, c. 1485; text, Cologne c. 1485/1488
colored woodcut on vellum with typographic text, image: 146 x 103 mm (5 3/4 x 4 1/16); sheet: 163 x 356 mm (6 7/16 x 14)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Cat No. 41
File Name: 206-105.jpg
German (Nuremberg)
Canon Table with a Calvary, c. 1485; text, Cologne c. 1485/1488
colored woodcut on vellum with typographic text
image: 146 x 103 mm (5 3/4 x 4 1/16); sheet: 163 x 356 mm (6 7/16 x 14)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
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French (Paris?)
Ecce Homo in a Cofferet, c. 1500
woodcut, hand-colored in vermilion, dark green, light blue, and brown; glued into the top lid of a travelling strong box, sheet: 225 x 145 mm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16); cofferet: 100 x 160 x 235 mm (3 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 9 1/4)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.7

Cat No. 42
File Name: 206-174.jpg
French (Paris?)
Ecce Homo in a Cofferet, c. 1500
woodcut, hand-colored in vermilion, dark green, light blue, and brown; glued into the top lid of a travelling strong box
sheet: 225 x 145 mm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16); cofferet: 100 x 160 x 235 mm (3 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 9 1/4)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.7
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German (region of Cologne and Trier)
Christ Child with a New Year's Wish, c. 1460/1470
colored woodcut, image and sheet: 178 x 129 mm (7 x 5 1/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Cat No. 53
File Name: 206-119.jpg
German (region of Cologne and Trier)
Christ Child with a New Year's Wish, c. 1460/1470
colored woodcut
image and sheet: 178 x 129 mm (7 x 5 1/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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Upper German
An Easter Table (rota paschalis) for 1466-1494, 1465/1466
woodcut in dark brown, hand-colored in yellow, ochre, green, rose, and brown; volvelle joined at center by a string, image: 188 x 138 mm (7 3/8 x 5 7/16); sheet: 213 x 160 mm (8 3/8 x 6 5/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.2.1

Cat No. 54
File Name: 206-031.jpg
Upper German
An Easter Table (rota paschalis) for 1466-1494, 1465/1466
woodcut in dark brown, hand-colored in yellow, ochre, green, rose, and brown; volvelle joined at center by a string
image: 188 x 138 mm (7 3/8 x 5 7/16); sheet: 213 x 160 mm (8 3/8 x 6 5/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.2.1
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German (Nuremberg), Hanns Paur
Household Goods, c. 1480-1485
colored woodcut, image and sheet: 254 x 363 mm (10 x 14 5/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Cat No. 60
File Name: 206-117.jpg
German (Nuremberg), Hanns Paur
Household Goods, c. 1480-1485
colored woodcut
image and sheet: 254 x 363 mm (10 x 14 5/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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German (Nuremberg)
A Human Skeleton, 1493
colored woodcut, sheet: 358 x 259 mm (14 1/8 x 10 3/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Cat No. 61
File Name: 206-118.jpg
German (Nuremberg)
A Human Skeleton, 1493
colored woodcut
sheet: 358 x 259 mm (14 1/8 x 10 3/16); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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German (Munich), Hanns Schauer
Counterfeit Coins, 1482
ten colored woodcuts of coins, image: 211 x 147 mm (8 5/16 x 5 13/16); sheet: 222 x 156 mm (8 3/4 x 6 1/8); with mat: 450 x 350 mm (17 11/16 x 13 3/4)
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich

Cat No. 62
File Name: 206-127.jpg
German (Munich), Hanns Schauer
Counterfeit Coins, 1482
ten colored woodcuts of coins
image: 211 x 147 mm (8 5/16 x 5 13/16); sheet: 222 x 156 mm (8 3/4 x 6 1/8); with mat: 450 x 350 mm (17 11/16 x 13 3/4)
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich
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South German
Apes Performing on Horseback, after 1450
colored woodcut, image: 266 x 188 mm (10 1/2 x 7 3/8); sheet: 286 x 204 mm (11 1/4 x 8 1/16); framed: 495 x 345 x 32 mm (19 1/2 x 13 9/16 x 1 1/4)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Cat No. 63
File Name: 206-108.jpg
South German
Apes Performing on Horseback, after 1450
colored woodcut
image: 266 x 188 mm (10 1/2 x 7 3/8); sheet: 286 x 204 mm (11 1/4 x 8 1/16); framed: 495 x 345 x 32 mm (19 1/2 x 13 9/16 x 1 1/4)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
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Lower Rhenish or Netherlandish
Calvary, c. 1480
metalcut in brown lake, pale ochre, and light green, sheet: 241 x 175 mm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1957.13.3

Cat No. 66
File Name: 206-020.jpg
Lower Rhenish or Netherlandish
Calvary, c. 1480
metalcut in brown lake, pale ochre, and light green
sheet: 241 x 175 mm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1957.13.3
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German (Ulm?)
The Holy Face with the Crown of Thorns on a Cloth, 1475/1500
colored woodcut, image: 257 x 194 mm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8); sheet: 281 x 206 mm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8); framed: 533.4 x 406.4 mm (21 x 16)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941

Cat No. 70
File Name: 206-147.jpg
German (Ulm?)
The Holy Face with the Crown of Thorns on a Cloth, 1475/1500
colored woodcut
image: 257 x 194 mm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8); sheet: 281 x 206 mm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8); framed: 533.4 x 406.4 mm (21 x 16)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
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German
The Hand as the Mirror of Salvation, 1466
colored woodcut, image: 385 x 265 mm (15 3/16 x 10 7/16); sheet: 391 x 270 mm (15 3/8 x 10 5/8)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.639

Cat No. 92
File Name: 206-024.jpg
German
The Hand as the Mirror of Salvation, 1466
colored woodcut
image: 385 x 265 mm (15 3/16 x 10 7/16); sheet: 391 x 270 mm (15 3/8 x 10 5/8)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.639
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South German (Swabia?)
Saint Anthony Abbot, c. 1450
colored woodcut, sheet: 381 x 264 mm (15 x 10 3/8); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Cat No. 93
File Name: 206-149.jpg
South German (Swabia?)
Saint Anthony Abbot, c. 1450
colored woodcut
sheet: 381 x 264 mm (15 x 10 3/8); framed: 750 x 530 x 30 mm (29 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16)
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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South German
Saint Margaret, third quarter fifteenth century (?)
metal cut, image: 177 x 116 mm (6 15/16 x 4 9/16); sheet: 187 x 127 mm (7 3/8 x 5); framed, approx.: 482.6 x 381 x 25.4 mm (19 x 15 x 1)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund and William A. Sargent Fund

Cat No. 97
File Name: 206-084.jpg
South German
Saint Margaret, third quarter fifteenth century (?)
metal cut
image: 177 x 116 mm (6 15/16 x 4 9/16); sheet: 187 x 127 mm (7 3/8 x 5); framed, approx.: 482.6 x 381 x 25.4 mm (19 x 15 x 1)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund and William A. Sargent Fund
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Alsace
Saint Valentine, c. 1470-1480
Woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, yellow, rose, and tan
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

Cat No. 98
File Name: 206-010.jpg
Alsace
Saint Valentine, c. 1470-1480
Woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, yellow, rose, and tan

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
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South German
Saint Onuphrius, c. 1450-1470
woodcut, hand-colored in ochre, pink, gray, and red, image: 278 x 191 mm (10 15/16 x 7 1/2); sheet: 293 x 210 mm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.622

Cat No. 102
File Name: 206-017.jpg
South German
Saint Onuphrius, c. 1450-1470
woodcut, hand-colored in ochre, pink, gray, and red
image: 278 x 191 mm (10 15/16 x 7 1/2); sheet: 293 x 210 mm (11 1/2 x 8 1/4)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.622
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German (Swabia or Bavaria)
Saint Sigismund, c. 1450/1460
colored woodcut, image: 273 x 195 mm (10 3/4 x 7 11/16); sheet: 295 x 221 mm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16); framed: 653 x 495 x 32 mm (25 11/16 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Cat No. 103
File Name: 206-085.jpg
German (Swabia or Bavaria)
Saint Sigismund, c. 1450/1460
colored woodcut
image: 273 x 195 mm (10 3/4 x 7 11/16); sheet: 295 x 221 mm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16); framed: 653 x 495 x 32 mm (25 11/16 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4)
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
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