Saint Peter and Saint Andrew (from the series of Apostles shown half-length in pairs)
Israhel van Meckenem (German, about 1440/45–1503)
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 079; Geisberg 238; Lehrs 294 (I/II); Hollstein-Koreny 294; Geisberg 238; Bartsch 79
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.2 x 14.1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
25.1394
Medium or Technique
Engraving
Not On View
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Inscription
Inscribed in plate, lower left scroll: . Credo . in . deum . ; lower right scroll: Et . in . ihesu . xpm .
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center below engraved border: . I . V . M .
Markings
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]
Provenance
1841, François Debois (d. about 1845?), Paris; November 26-30, 1844, his sale, Paris. Hermann Webber (b. 1817 - d. 1854), Bonn; September 17 and following days, 1855, Webber collection sale, Leipzig. Strawberry Hill; Vienna Hofbibliothek and Albertina duplicate; December, 1925, purchased from Colnaghi (dealer) by the MFA.
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund