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St Matthias

Also known as: St Matthias; primary name: St Matthias; other name: Apostle; other name: Matthias
Details: individual; saint/martyr; biblical figure; Male
Life dates: fl. 1stC-
Biography: Christian saint, apostle and New Testament figure; took the place of Judas Iscariot (q.v.). His emblem is the halberd or axe.

88 related objects

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1981,0701.10 |
Production date: 1536-1537 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

bottle

Museum number: 1855,1212.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1680-1690 |
Production place: Made in:Kreussen

flabellum

Museum number: 1856,0623.30 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1175-1200 |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Germany

medal

Museum number: 1905,0501.2 |
Producer name: Designed by:Unidentified Roman Medallist IIIModelled by:Unidentified Roman Medallist III |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: MG.1118

plate

Museum number: 1874,0302.12 |
Producer name: BIOG64929 Made by:BQ |
Production place: Made in:Nuremberg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: E,9.109 |
Producer name: BIOG50622 Print made by:Hans Weiditz |
Production date: 1520

print

Title: Christ, the Twelve Apostles and Paul |
Museum number: D,5.213 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 Print made by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1589

print

Title: Saint Matthias |
Museum number: 1873,0208.8 |
Producer name: BIOG22144 Print made by:J Carwitham |
Production date: 1723-1741

print

Title: S Matthias Apostol. Christ, The Apostles and St Paul |
Museum number: 1908,0616.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Zacharias DolendoAfter:Jacques de Gheyn II |
Production date: 1596

print

Title: Christ and the apostles |
Museum number: 1859,0709.2895 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ludolph BüsinckAfter:Georges Lallemand |
Production date: 1620-1630 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: MATHIAS Christ with the twelve apostles with St Paul |
Museum number: 1870,0709.153 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 After:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1579

print

Title: Christ and Apostles |
Museum number: 1874,0808.230 |
Producer name: After:Marco da RavennaAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: The Small Apostles |
Museum number: 1895,0122.85 |
Producer name: BIOG51477 Print made by:Anton Woensam |
Production date: 1529

print

Title: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Aposto Les Grands Apôtres |
Museum number: 1861,0713.218 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: S. Matthias Christ, the twelve Apostles and St Paul |
Museum number: 1891,0414.1123 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPublished by:Charle Neel |
Production date: 1700-1750

print

Title: Piccoli Santi |
Museum number: H,1.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:MarcantonioAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: The Saviour, the Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: U,2.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Agostino CarracciPublished by:Orazio Bertelli |
Production date: 1583

print

Museum number: W,1.130 |
Producer name: BIOG147597 After:Master FP |
Production date: 1500-1550

print

Title: Christ and Apostles |
Museum number: V,5.87 |
Producer name: After:Marco da RavennaAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: S. Mathias |
Museum number: V,5.74 |
Producer name: After:RaphaelAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1650-1700

print

Title: Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: W,1.131 |
Producer name: BIOG147597 Print made by:Master FP |
Production date: 1500-1550

print

Title: Christ, Paul and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1849,1027.56 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 Print made by:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1510

print

Title: Christ and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1960,0206.1 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 Print made by:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1540-1563

print

Title: S. Mathias Christ, the twelve Apostles and St Paul |
Museum number: 1891,0414.1108 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Nicolaes Rÿckemans |
Production date: 1620-1626

print

Title: S. Matthias Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: D,6.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1594

print

Museum number: 1909,1027.1 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 After:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1520-1600

print

Museum number: 1911,0708.54 |
Producer name: BIOG23953 Print made by:Lucas Cranach the Elder |
Production date: 1510-1515

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,0208.257 |
Producer name: Print made by:Virgil SolisPrinted by:Valentin Geissler |
Production date: 1552 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,0208.258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Virgil SolisPrinted by:Valentin Geissler |
Production date: 1552 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.691 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the Dutuit Mount of OlivesAfter:Master of the Blumenrahmen |
Production date: 1455-1470

print

Museum number: 1857,0711.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:MarcantonioAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: Sanctus Matthias The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: The twelve apostles |
Museum number: 1852,0612.103-104 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1545-1546

print

Museum number: Nn,7.26.1-3 |
Producer name: BIOG147597 After:Master FP |
Production date: 1500-1550

print; book-illustration

Title: St. Matthias |
Museum number: 1852,1116.411 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithornePrint made by:James Collins |
Production date: 1661-1691

print

Title: Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: 1987,1212.73 |
Producer name: BIOG49102 Attributed to:Ugo da Carpi |
Production date: 1510-1530

print

Title: S. Matthias |
Museum number: 1859,0806.1234 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luca CiamberlanoAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1616 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Il sacro santo senato di Giesu Christo |
Museum number: 1951,0407.112 |
Producer name: BIOG18629 Print made by:Cesare Bassano |
Production date: 1606-1607

print

Title: M. B. Mathiae Appos. Martiryum Appostolorum |
Museum number: 1861,0713.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1632

print

Title: Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: Nn,7.26.8 |
Producer name: BIOG147597 Print made by:Master FP |
Production date: 1500-1550

print

Title: Matthias Christ and the Apostles with St Paul |
Museum number: 1877,0811.643 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Gerard Segers |
Production date: 1625-1640 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Aposto Les Grands Apôtres |
Museum number: 1982,U.4026 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: M. B. Mathiae Appos. Martiryum Appostolorum |
Museum number: 1861,0713.246 |
Producer name: BIOG21725 Print made by:Jacques Callot |
Production date: 1632

print

Title: Christ and the apostles |
Museum number: 1853,0312.243 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1520

print

Title: The twelve apostles |
Museum number: 1837,0616.194 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1545-1546

print; popular print

Title: Vois, pécheur, l'amour de ton Dieu! |
Museum number: 2011,7043.7 |
Producer name: BIOG204505 Published by:Picard-Guérin |
Production date: 1831-1835 |
Production place: Published in:Caen

print

Title: S. Mathias The Apostles |
Museum number: 1868,0612.399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johan BaraAfter:Joos Van Winghe |
Production date: 1596-1634

print

Museum number: 1867,0713.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist WHAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1475-1490

print

Title: Christ, the Twelve Apostles and Paul |
Museum number: 1853,0709.15 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 Print made by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1589

print

Title: Mathias Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: 1925,1117.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lambert SuaviusAfter:Lambert Lombard |
Production date: 1560-1574

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.337 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

print

Title: Christ and the apostles |
Museum number: 1860,0414.259 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ludolph BüsinckAfter:Georges Lallemand |
Production date: 1620-1630 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; album

Title: The Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1877,0811.1176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonius WierixAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1585

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.1958 |
Producer name: BIOG46733 Print made by:Virgil Solis |
Production date: 1552

print

Museum number: 1860,0114.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Nepomuk StrixnerAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Printed in:Stuttgart

print

Museum number: 1860,0114.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Nepomuk StrixnerAfter:Meister Stefan |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Printed in:Stuttgart

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.61 |
Producer name: BIOG74611 Print made by:Master ES |
Production date: 1450-1467

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Museum number: 1919,0616.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1467-1475

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.1606 |
Producer name: BIOG147597 After:Master FP |
Production date: 1500-1550

print; book-illustration

Museum number: E,7.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrinted by:Symphorian Reinhart |
Production date: 1507-1510

print

Title: S. Matthias |
Museum number: D,5.214 |
Producer name: Published by:Balthasar MoncornetAfter:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1620-1668

print; book-illustration

Title: St. Matthias his Martyrdom. |
Museum number: Q,6.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:Richard Royston |
Production date: 1675 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mathias Christ and the Apostles |
Museum number: D,7.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lambert SuaviusAfter:Lambert Lombard |
Production date: 1560-1574

print

Title: Thesaurus Novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula do[mi |
Museum number: 1968,1018.1.357 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonius WierixAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1580

print

Title: Christ and Apostles |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1593 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco da RavennaAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1517-1527

print

Title: S. Matthias SS Apostolorum Icones |
Museum number: 1891,0414.1078 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Pieter Clouwet |
Production date: 1646-1650 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Christ, the Virgin and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: 1868,0612.495 |
Producer name: BIOG61386 Print made by:Raphael Sadeler I |
Production date: 1575-1600

print

Title: S Matthias The Crucifixion and the martyrdom of the Apostles |
Museum number: 1863,0509.664 |
Producer name: Print made by:Julius GoltziusAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St Paul with the Creed |
Museum number: 1868,0612.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques de Gheyn IIAfter:Karel van Mander I |
Production date: 1591-1592

print

Title: S. Mathias The Apostles |
Museum number: 1937,0915.152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johan BaraAfter:Joos Van Winghe |
Production date: 1596-1634

print

Title: St Mathias Christ, the Apostles and St Paul |
Museum number: 1909,0612.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Isaac BrunAfter:Monogrammist GZ |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Aposto Les Grands Apôtres |
Museum number: 1922,1022.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: Seven apostles |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.1315 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andries BothFormerly attributed to:Jan Both |
Production date: 1628-1642

print

Title: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Aposto Les Grands Apôtres |
Museum number: 1861,0713.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1631

print

Museum number: 1854,0708.44 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 After:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1580

print

Title: The Saviour, the Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist and the Twelve Apostles |
Museum number: U,2.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Agostino CarracciPublished by:Orazio Bertelli |
Production date: 1583

print

Title: Salvatoris Beatae Mariae Virginis Sanctorum Aposto Les Grands Apôtres |
Museum number: X,4.100 |
Producer name: After:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: M. B. Mathiae Appos. Martiryum Appostolorum |
Museum number: X,4.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1632

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.119 |
Producer name: BIOG37600 Print made by:Master of the Berlin Passion |
Production date: 1450-1500

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1858,0213.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrinted by:Symphorian Reinhart |
Production date: 1510-1515

print

Museum number: 1926,0713.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist IEAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Museum number: 1904,0519.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrinted by:Symphorian Reinhart |
Production date: 1510-1515

print

Museum number: 1870,0709.127 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

reliquary

Museum number: 1851,0715.2 |
Production date: 1175-1180 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

reliquary; relic

Title: The Holy Thorn Reliquary |
Museum number: WB.67 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1400 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

tankard

Museum number: 1910,0212.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1682 1833-1834 |
Production place: Made in:Kreussen