Couple Seated on a Bed
c. 1495/1503
Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503
Israhel van Meckenem

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Accession Number
1946.21.142
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.398, no. 508, State ii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 242, repro.
1990
Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 117, repro.
1999
Religion and Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context, Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, 1999, no. 53.
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.
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge
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. 242.
1994
Landau, David and Peter Parshall. The Renaissance Print, 1470-1550 New Haven and London, 1994: fig. 42.
1999
Johnson, Charles. Religion & Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context. Exh. cat. Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, 1999: no. 53; illus., 79.
Wikidata ID
Q65073759