Saint Michael

c. 1460/1470

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 7 × 4.8 cm (2 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
    plate: 7.5 × 5.1 cm (2 15/16 × 2 in.)
    sheet: 8 × 5.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.1451

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 4, p.261, no. 68, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale 20, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Lucerne, 1929, no. 39); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 78b.

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 19, 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.

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. 19.

Inscriptions

none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64953563


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