Saint James Major

1545

Lambert Suavius

Associated Names
Lambert Suavius

Artist, Flemish, c. 1510 - 1567

The image shows a person standing, leaning against a tall staff with one arm resting on it. The person appears to be slightly hunched forward, and has a long, shaggy beard, long hair peeking out from under a hat with a rounded top, and is dressed in draped, flowing garments including a cloak or mantle, a tunic, and pants gathered at the ankles. Their feet are bare. The architectural setting has linear patterns and shading indicating walls and recesses, and the ground appears textured with simple vegetation. There is a small plaque in the bottom right corner with the text "L. Suavius Inv. etor" and above the figure, a portion of a window or architectural feature is visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 19.7 x 9.1 cm (7 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.38.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 11, State ii/iii

  • Series Title

    Christ, the Twelve Apostles, and Saint Paul

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection ABV (not in Lugt). L. Lépingle, Brussels (d. 1903)(Lugt 1731). (Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vol. XXVIII (Lambert Suavius, compiled by Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer and George S. Keyes). Blaricum: Van Gendt B.V., 1991; no. 11, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: L. SVAVIVS / INVETOR 6

Watermarks

double-handled vase

Wikidata ID

Q76347134

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