Albert Bellenger, Joos van Cleve
The Death of the Virgin
1891
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Albert Bellenger, Joos van Cleve
The Death of the Virgin
1891
Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 318 x 225 mm. (12 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
Image: 223 x 138 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.16692
After side panel from Joos van Cleve's triptych, Death of the Virgin, Pinakothek, Munich. One of a group of proofs by Bellenger in the Lucas Collection, which were published as illustrations, frequently for works written by Theodore Child. This print published in Theodore Child, "A Mirror of Fair Women: XXVIII Northern Art and Beauty," Harper's Bazar, Vol. 25, No. 22, May 28, 1892, p. 441.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Below the image in pencil "Maitre de la Mort de la Vierge / St. Catherine St. Gudule / Musée de Munich".
Markings: None
Artist
Joos van Cleve
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