Christ in the Wilderness Served by Angels
ca. 1480–90
Medium
Engraving; second state of three
Dimensions
8 13/16 x 11 5/8 in. (22.4 x 29.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Barbara and Howard Fox Gift, 2005
Accession Number
2005.392
Tags
About the Artist
Master i.e.
**Master i.e.**, a pseudonym derived from the Gothic initials "i.e."—possibly his monogram—appearing in reverse on a rare engraving of a peasant holding a sausage, was a prolific German engraver active between approximately 1480 and 1500. Little is documented about his personal life, which remains shrouded in the anonymity typical of many late medieval printmakers, but his oeuvre reveals a masterf...