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This is a drawing of a heraldic shield with botanical motifs. The image features a shield divided into two contrasting halves, each featuring an abstract branching coral-like design. The left side of the shield has a golden background with black designs, while the right side is predominantly black with a golden design. Surrounding the shield are ornamental plants and flowers rendered in shades of green and muted colors. The letters "D" and "F" are prominently placed, each on either side of the shield. The simplistic style of the drawing suggests a focus on symbolic representation and heraldic tradition.
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This is a drawing of a heraldic shield with botanical motifs. The image features a shield divided into two contrasting halves, each featuring an abstract branching coral-like design. The left side of the shield has a golden background with black designs, while the right side is predominantly black with a golden design. Surrounding the shield are ornamental plants and flowers rendered in shades of green and muted colors. The letters "D" and "F" are prominently placed, each on either side of the shield. The simplistic style of the drawing suggests a focus on symbolic representation and heraldic tradition.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bookplate of Dominicus Frauenfelder

German 15th Century

Date
c. 1500
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in yellow, green, black, and brown on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 8.8 × 8 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.1847
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Flower
  • Basel
  • Shield
  • Zurich
  • alphabet
  • calligraphic
Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles;[1] purchased 19 August 1939 by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA (L1760c); 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 5005. 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.