Saints Peter and Andrew

c. 1480/1485

Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

The image shows two men from the waist up. The man on the left has a short, curly beard, and wavy hair that falls to his ears. The other man has longer, slightly wavy hair and no beard. Both men have halos around their heads. They are wearing robes. The man on the left holds a large key and a book, while the man on the right holds several books. The background features intricate carvings resembling branches and leaves framing their heads. Both figures are in front of a wooden panel with detailed carvings. There is an inscription in Gothic-style lettering at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.107

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.245, no. 294, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate); (Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1945; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 197, repro.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

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

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 197.

Inscriptions

below figures, in image, in plate: Credo in deum Et in ihesu xpm (I believe in God and in Jesus Christ) [translation from Alan Shestack, "Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe." Exh. catalogue, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1967, no. 197.]; below inscription, in plate: I.M. [artist's monogram]

Watermarks

Gothic P with flower (Lehrs 24)

Wikidata ID

Q65073756

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