Saint Matthew the Evangelist

Gottfried Bernhard Götz

Associated Names
Gottfried Bernhard Götz

Artist, German, 1708 - 1774

The image shows the upper body of an elderly man holding a pen in his right hand and a scroll in his left hand. He has a prominent nose, full beard, and curly hair. He is dressed in a robe with a purple outer layer, a blue inner layer, and an orange cloak draped over one shoulder. Next to him is the head of a cherub with curly hair. Large wings are visible under the figures. The background is plain, and the image is framed with text at the top and bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching with roulette inked à la poupée on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 17 x 11.1 cm (6 11/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.19.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, Vol. p, no. 548

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Emmanuel von Baeyer, London); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 548.

2004

  • Emmanuel von Baeyer. Expressiver Barock: Graphik und Zeichnungen aus Mitteleuropa. London, 2004: no. 12.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: S. MATTHAEUS EV.; lower center in plate: Gloria Magna sequ Dominum Eccli 25. V. 38 / C.P.S.C. Maj G.B. Göz S.C. Maj Aul. Pict. et Sc. Cath. inv. et exc Aug. Vind

Wikidata ID

Q76341728

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