Coat of Arms of the Passion

c. 1455/1460

Master E.S.

Associated Names
Master E.S.

Artist, German, active c. 1450 - active 1467

This is a drawing that features a central object resembling a crown or helmet with elaborate scrollwork. Flanking the central object are a saintly figure holding a cross-topped staff on the left and a veiled figure on the right, both wearing halos. In the foreground are animal figures with wings and halos, potentially symbolizing the Four Evangelists, including a winged ox, lion, and eagle. A lamb and a cup are at the bottom center. In the background, there are flowing scrolls with depictions of faces, and at the top, a hand in a blessing gesture emerges from a circular disc. The drawing is intricately designed with delicate line work typical of the late Gothic to early Renaissance periods.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 17.2 × 12.2 cm (6 3/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.127

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 2, p.265, no. 189, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clément Collection, Brussels; Count Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein-Oels, Silésie, and by descent to his heirs; (sale 176, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 2-3 May 1932, no. 59); (Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1944; gift to NGA, 1944.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 8, repro.

  • Master E.S.: Five Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1967, no. 52.

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. 8.

Watermarks

bunch of grapes (probably Lehrs 52)

Wikidata ID

Q65023737

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