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Female Saint
Female Saint

Female Saint

Artist Tilman Riemenschneider German, circa 1460–1531
Datecirca 1490–1495
MediumLindenwood with traces of paint
Dimensions38 x 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (96.5 x 31.8 x 21.0 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number68.33.1
On View
On view
ProvenanceCollection of F. von Haniel, Munich; Estate of F. von Haniel, Munich (Possibly collection of W. Gumprecht - see memo - 6/9/76)
Published ReferencesDie Sammlung Wilhelm Gumprecht, Berlin, Vol. 2 (auction catalogue and successive days, 1918) (Berlin, 1918), no. 88, illus. pl. 9. The Humanities in Public Education: A Position Paper (Raleigh: State Department of Public Instruction, 1968), Pub. No. 408, illus. 11. "Statue Displayed at Museum," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 11, no. 5 (February 1968). discussed and illus (b-w) unnumbered page. The Long View Journal (Raleigh: Spring 1969), illus. The Art Quarterly 31, no. 3 (Autumn 1968), 317, illus. 320 "Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 9, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1969), briefly discussed 3, listed 56 (as St. Catherine), illus. (b-w) 2, 17. Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970), 24, illus. (b-w) 25. Robert F. Phifer Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1973), 70, illus. (b-w) 71. Justus Bier, "Reimenschneider's St. Catherine in the North Carolina Museum of Art" North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 14, no. 1 (1977), 14-32, illus. (b-w) 14, 18, details (b-w) 17, front cover. Edgar Peters Bowron, ed, Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (color) 9. Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 149. Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Female Saint, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 69, 83, illus. (color) 83. Bob Trotman, "As I See It," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (May/June 2000), discussed 28-29, illus. (b-w) 29. Julien Chapuis, Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages (exhibition catalogue) (Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1999), cat. no. 10, illus. (color) 196, color details and b-w illus. 198. Rebecca Martin Nagy and Dennis P. Weller, entry for Female Saint, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 160, illus. (color) 161. Linda Johnson Dougherty, et al, Bob Trotman: Inverted Utopias (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), mentioned and illus. (color) 21. Midori Fukuda, Skulptur als Gebet: Annäherung an Tilman Riemenschneider Vol. 2 (Japan: Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd., 2013), illus. (color) 120, fig. 65, listed 213, 220.
Exhibition HistoryBerlin, "Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des Mittelalters und der Renaissance aus Berliner Privatbesitz Verunstaltet von der Kunstgeschichtlichen Gesellschaft," 1898, cat. no. 233. Berlin, Kunstgeschichtlichen, Gesellschaft Berlin, "Deutsche und Niederländische Holzbildwerke in Berliner Privatbesitz," 1904, cat. no. 60, illus. pl. 31. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October, 1970, 24 (as St. Catherine), illus. (b-w) 25. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Robert F. Phifer Collection," March 31-May 13, 1973, 70, illus. (b-w) 71. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, "Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages," October 3, 1999 - January 9, 2000; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 7 - May 14, 2000, cat. no. 10, illus. (color) 196, color details and b-w illus. 198. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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