Saint Judas Thaddaeus

c. 1490/1500

Master FVB

Associated Names
Master FVB

Artist, Flemish, active c. 1480/1500

The image shows a man standing upright. He is facing slightly to the right, holding a saw in his right hand and a book in his left hand against his chest. The man has a beard, curly hair, and a thoughtful expression. He wears flowing robes and there is a halo above his head. The background is plain with simple flooring pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.3 × 9.9 cm (7 3/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.2 × 14.2 cm (8 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.199

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 7, p.143, no. 37

  • Series Title

    Christ and the Twelve Apostles

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1937; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 132, repro.

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. 132.

Watermarks

hand with flower (Lehrs 16)

Wikidata ID

Q64960409

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