Saint James Major

1545

Lambert Suavius

Artist, Flemish, c. 1510 - 1567

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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

    2002.38.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 11, State ii/iii


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. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: L. SVAVIVS / INVETOR 6

Watermarks

double-handled vase

Wikidata ID

Q76347134


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