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Object Type
print
Museum number
1867,0713.72
Description
St Thomas and St James the Less (or St Jude?); the apostles are standing underneath an arch behind a balustrade under which their Creed appears on scrolls; Thomas holds a builder's rule, James a club; first state. c. 1485 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Israhel van Meckenem
School/style
German
Production date
1480-1490
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
201 millimetres
(borderlines)
Height:
209 millimetres
(with signature)
Width:
142 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Part of an Apostle series, consisiting of six engravings, with the apostles in pairs (L 294-99). This set is considered to be the latest apostle series by Meckenem. The entire suite is extant at the BM. See also A. Shestack, Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1968, no. 198.
Bibliographic references
Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert
(IX.247.296.I)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VI.228.81)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(296)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St Thomas
Representation of:
St James the Less
(or St Jude?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
H G Gutekunst
Acquisition date
1867
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1867,0713.72