Saint Roch

c. 1490/1500

Israhel van Meckenem

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

The image shows an angel helping a figure in a robe against a backdrop with architectural elements and a distant tower. The scene has a figure kneeling in prayer with an angel nearby, surrounded by vertical and diagonal lines. To the right, there is a landscape with a tower. In the foreground, two staffs lean against the wall, and there is an inscription at the bottom. The drawing is done in a style emphasizing line and texture with influences from Gothic and Renaissance styles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.143

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.305, no. 379, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979]; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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

Wikidata ID

Q64958401

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