Madonna and Child
ca. 1460–70
Medium
Woodcut, hand-colored, borders added by hand
Dimensions
sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 15/16 in. (33.3 x 25.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941
Accession Number
41.1.40
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About this artwork
This hand-colored woodcut depicts the Madonna and Child, created in Augsburg around 1460-1470 with decorative borders added by hand. The composition shows the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, rendered in the style characteristic of early German printmaking with clear contours and simplified forms. The image has been enhanced with hand-applied color, transforming the monochrome woodcut into a devotional image closer to painted altarpieces. Anonymous German printmakers in Augsburg during the ...