The Stoning of Saint Stephen

c. 1470

Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

This drawing depicts a scene with a castle in the background and multiple figures engaged in action. The castle has several towers on the left side. In the foreground, there are figures in dynamic poses, including one figure kneeling and another throwing stones. The composition is detailed with lines and shading, typical of intricate engraving techniques. The scene conveys movement and tension through the expressive gestures and postures of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.2 x 20.5 cm (6 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.144

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.308, no. 383, State iii/iii [proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stiglmeier Collection; Chilpin Collection; Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein-Oels, Silésie (Lugt 2669); (sale 176, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2 May 1932, no. 27); (Charles Stonehill, London); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1938; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 174, repro.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 3.

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. 174.

Wikidata ID

Q64958404

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