About the Artwork
The Virgin Sitting in a Garden
19th century
Hans Ulrich Wechtlin (Artist) Heinrich Lodel (Artist) German, 1798-1861
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and green ink on chine-collé
Image: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (26.7 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 5/8 inches (28.3 × 19.4 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S863.C
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on block, lower left of image: IV [Wechtlin's monogram]
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Stamp, in red, lower right, recto: H. LOEDEL fec | GOTTINGEN. (enclosed in oval)
Provenance
March 1892, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Heinrich Lodel; after Hans Ulrich Wechtlin, The Virgin Sitting in a Garden, 19th century, chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black and green ink on chine-collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S863.C.
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