The Letter "Y"

1467

Master E.S.

Artist, German, active c. 1450 - active 1467

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 14.6 × 8.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1977.9.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 2, p.371, no. 304, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Karl & Faber, Munich, sale 144, Nov. 25, 1976, no. 319); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by the NGA, 1976.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

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.

1998

  • Stogdon, Nicholas. Early Northern Engravings. England, 1998: under no. 9.

2000

  • Walsh, Judith. “The Use of Paper Splitting in Old Master Print Restorations.” Print Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 4, 2000, pp. 383–390.

Inscriptions

verso, bottom, in graphite by later hand: B.VI.51.m / Pass. II, 49, y / Lehrs 304

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65575007


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