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Saint Paul (?) or Saint Matthew (?)
Israhel van Meckenemc. 1470/1480
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
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.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: engraving on laid paper
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