Saint Paul (?) or Saint Matthew (?)

Israhel van Meckenemc. 1470/1480

Details

Title: Saint Paul (?) or Saint Matthew (?)
Creator: Israhel van Meckenem after Master E.S.
Date Created: c. 1470/1480
Physical Dimensions: plate: 15.8 × 8.8 cm (6 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.2 × 19.2 cm (11 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)
Provenance: Trivulzio Collection, Milan [1]; (purchased by P. & D. Colnaghi Co., London, 1929); (Kennedy and Co., New York, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943. [1] This is one of ten prints in a series of the Twelve Apostles by Israhel van Meckenem that was found bound into the Codex Trivulziana, a medieval prayer book in the Trivulzio Library, Milan. The codex was sold to P. & D. Colnaghi in 1929 and the engravings were subsequently removed.
Medium: engraving on laid paper

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