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This is a painting featuring a religious scene with symbolic imagery. It includes an altar or pedestal in the center with two figures on either side. There is a red and white pattern on top of the pedestal. Above the figures is a representation of a holy being with a radiant aura and a dove below. Various clouds and abstract shapes, some in reds and blues, surround the apex figure. The color palette consists of earthy tones of brown and beige, with accents of red, blue, and green.
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This is a painting featuring a religious scene with symbolic imagery. It includes an altar or pedestal in the center with two figures on either side. There is a red and white pattern on top of the pedestal. Above the figures is a representation of a holy being with a radiant aura and a dove below. Various clouds and abstract shapes, some in reds and blues, surround the apex figure. The color palette consists of earthy tones of brown and beige, with accents of red, blue, and green.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Allegory of the Eucharist

German 15th Century

Date
c. 1470/1490
Medium
woodcut in lt. brown, hand-colored in blue, green,orange, and gold
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.759
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • bird
  • animal
  • Woman
  • Christ
  • Augsburg
  • child
  • portrait
  • Cloud
Provenance

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).

NGA object ID 3974. 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.