Christ in the Wilderness Served by Angels
Master i.e.
c. 1480/1490
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 30 × 22.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.17.207
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...