Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint John the Evangelist

Master S

Associated Names
Master S

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1516 - c. 1545

The image shows two full-length figures standing facing each other. Both figures have halos. The figure on the left is holding an open book. They wear long, flowing robes with folds and patterns. The figures have serene expressions; one with shorter, curly hair, and the other with longer, wavy hair. Surrounding them is an ornate architectural design with decorative elements. At the top, a dove with outspread wings appears between them. Below the figures is a line of text on a strip of decorative pattern. The background is plain, with the focus on the figures and their surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.5 × 6.5 cm (3 3/4 × 2 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.7 × 10.1 cm (6 3/16 × 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5825

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 406

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966], Vienna (Lugt 2770) [1]; purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] Although Rudolph Gutmann’s collection was seized in 1938 and restituted to him almost in its entirety, this particular work does not seem to appear in the catalogue of the seized collection or among the seizure cards created for the Zentraldepot, Vienna. This print might have entered the market before 1938.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 77.

1962

  • The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 3.

Bibliography

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

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: S; below image, in plate: S. Johannes [?] Maria Magdalena - ora pro nob [?]; at top of sheet, in brown ink: pro. dextro choro

Markings

verso, stamped in brown ink: [mark of Rudolf Ritter von Gutmann (Lugt 2770)

Wikidata ID

Q65023957

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