Arms of the Bishopric of Eichstätt and of Its Bishop, Wilhelm of Reichenau

1480

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

Master of Saint John the Baptist

Artist, German, active c. 1440s - 1450s

This is a drawing of a heraldic emblem. The artwork showcases a design of a coat of arms within a circular border, featuring scrollwork and Latin inscriptions. The emblem includes two helmets with plumes, a mitre, shield designs with various heraldic symbols, and angelic figures holding the shields. Latin text on the outer ring references "WILHELMVS EPISCOPVS EYSTETENSIS" and other phrases related to the origins or familial references in heraldry. The composition is symmetrical and detailed, reflecting traditional craftsmanship in European heraldic illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.2 × 14.9 cm (6 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    image: 14.5 × 14.5 cm (5 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.) (round)

  • Accession Number

    2019.187.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs 1908 - 1934: IV, no. 90

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ducal collection, Gotha; (sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 27-28 April 1931, no. 11); Richard H. Zinser [1884-1984], Forest Hills, NY (Lugt 5581); (N. G. Stogdon, Middle Chinnock). Private collection, CT; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Prints, 1400-1800, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1956-1957, no. 30.

2022

  • The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022.

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: vol. I, no. 90 (Anonymous) and vol. 6, p. 157 (citing Geisberg's attribution to the Master of Saint John the Baptist).

1923

  • Geisberg, Max. Kupferstiche der frühzeit. Strassburg, 1923: no. 12 (as the Master of Saint John the Baptist)

1998

  • Stogdon, Nicholas. Catalogue XI: Early Northern Engravings. 1998, no. 14.

Inscriptions

around border of image, in plate: WILHELMVS EPISCOPVS EYSTETTENSIS EX FAMILIA REICHENAW NATVS HEC IMPRIMI FECIT (Wilhelm, Bishop of Eichstätt, of the House of Reichenau, caused this to be printed); on banderole in image, in plate: ANNO DNI MCCCC LXXX

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: [mark of Richard H. Zinser (Lugt 5581)]

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