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From the series of Apostles shown half-length in pairs
Saint Peter and Saint Andrew
From the series of Apostles shown half-length in pairs
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
undated
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.2 x 14.1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number25.1394
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs 294, i / ii; Bartsch 079; Geisberg 238; Hollstein-Koreny 294; Geisberg 238
State
I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center below engraved border: . I . V . M .
Marks
Watermark: crown and shield; verso, collector's mark in black: H.W. [Hermann Webber; Lugt 1383]; in pen: F.D. 1841 [François Debois; Lugt 985]
InscriptionsIn plate, in lower left scroll: . Credo . in . deum .
In plate, in lower right scroll: Et . in . ihesu . xpm .
In plate, in lower right scroll: Et . in . ihesu . xpm .
ProvenanceSaid to come from Strawberry Hill [see note]. 1841, François Debois (d. about 1845; Lugt 985), Paris; November 26-30, 1844, Debois sale, Paris, lot 664. Hermann Weber (b. 1817 - d. 1854; Lugt 1383), Bonn; September 17-20, 1855, posthumous Weber sale, Weigel, Leipzig, lot 87. Albertina, Vienna; deaccessioned by the Albertina as a duplicate; May 25-27, 1925, Albertina duplicates sale, Boerner, Leipzig, lot 932, to P. and D. Colnaghi, London; 1925, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1925)
NOTE:
[1] Part of a suite of six prints depicting the Twelve Apostles (MFA accession nos. 25.1391-25.1396). According to the catalogues of the 1855 Weber sale and 1925 Albertina sale, the suite came from Strawberry Hill; no mention is made of Strawberry Hill in the earlier Debois catalogue, however.
NOTE:
[1] Part of a suite of six prints depicting the Twelve Apostles (MFA accession nos. 25.1391-25.1396). According to the catalogues of the 1855 Weber sale and 1925 Albertina sale, the suite came from Strawberry Hill; no mention is made of Strawberry Hill in the earlier Debois catalogue, however.