Ornamental Border of the Augsburg Diocese (Schr. 2024c)
15th century
Medium
Woodcut, hand-colored
Dimensions
sheet: 2 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (5.3 x 25 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of James Clark McGuire, 1930
Accession Number
31.54.158
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 15th-century German printmaking with the *Ornamental Border of the Augsburg Diocese*, a delicate woodcut hand-colored by an anonymous artist. Measuring just 2 1/16 x 9 13/16 inches, this petite sheet from the Diocese of Augsburg— a key Catholic center in southern Germany—likely served as a decorative frame for religious manuscripts or devotional prints. Featuring motifs of the Madonna and Child saints, it embodies the era's deep piety, where such borders adorned prayer books and altarpieces to elevate spiritual contemplation. Crafted during the late Gothic per...