Virgin Standing on a Serpent

Israhel van Meckenemca. 1466-1470

Details

Title: Virgin Standing on a Serpent
Creator: School of Master E. S. after Israhel van Meckenem the Elder or the Younger
Date Created: ca. 1466-1470
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947
Materials & Techniques: Engraving
Keywords: allegory, animals, religious art, reptiles, snakes
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Bibliography: Johann David Passavant 20 (vol. 2, p. 85); Shestack 54; L. IX. 190 (189 as a variant after von Meckenem’s copy of L. 71)
Associated People: School of Master E. S. (German or Swiss, active ca. 1450–1467/1468), Possibly after Israhel van Meckenem the Younger (German, ca. 1440 - 1503), Possibly after Israhel van Meckenem the Elder (German, active ca. 1457, died ca. 1465–1470)
Accession Number: 1947.D1.184

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