The Resurrection

c. 1480

Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

This is a drawing of a figure emerging from a tomb. The central feature of the drawing is a figure with a halo stepping out of a large, rectangular tomb-like structure with a stick with a cross at its top in one hand. Their other hand is raised with two fingers pointing upwards. Around the tomb are several figures, some armored and seemingly asleep or in a daze, one of whom is sitting with a hand to their face. On the left, a structure with multiple arches is depicted, where smaller figures are ascending steps towards a larger male figure. In the background, distant hills, trees, and buildings form the landscape. The style is detailed religious iconography, emphasizing lines and shading to create depth and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.269

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.163, no. 152, State i/viii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Geelhand Collection, Antwerp; D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalila (Lugt 567); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 193, 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. 193.

Watermarks

Gothic Y with cross (close to Lehrs 43)

Wikidata ID

Q65358471

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