Christ as Saviour

c. 1467

Master E.S.

Associated Names
Master E.S.

Artist, German, active c. 1450 - active 1467

Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

The image shows a man with long wavy hair and a beard wearing an ornate garment. He has a solemn expression and is pointing a finger upward with one hand while holding an orb with the other. The background includes an architectural design with haloed figures on each side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.4 × 11.3 cm (6 1/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1961.17.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 2, p.116, no. 57, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale 76, Gutekunst und Klipstein, Bern, 11 March 1954, no. 145); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1959; gift to NGA, 1961.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 16, repro.

  • Master E.S.: Five Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1967, no. 79, 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, 1967no. 16.

Wikidata ID

Q65511218

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