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A Lectern Cloth with the Marriage at Cana

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Lectern Cloth with the Marriage at Cana

German 15th Century

Date
c. 1400
Medium
woodcut on linen, hand-colored in brown and red
Dimensions
overall (fragment): 120.7 x 85.1 cm (47 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1949.5.81
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1300 to 1400
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Party
  • Tyrolean
  • Figures
  • Saints
Provenance

Innichen (Tirol), Austria; Count Wilczek, Schloss Seebarn (Kreutzenstein), Lower Austria; Robert Forrer, Strasbourg; Leopold Heinemann, New York; (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1949; gift to NGA, 1949.

NGA object ID 36522. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.