De dood van Maria
Israhel van Meckenem
1455 - 1503
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
248; 168
About this artwork
Veiling Davidsohn 1312. Valeton, E. Spiegelbeeldige kopie naar een prent van Martin Schongauer. Klinkert, C.
About the Artist
Israhel van Meckenem · 1435–1503
Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1445–1503), also known as Israhel van Meckenem the Younger, was a pioneering German engraver and goldsmith based in Bocholt, near the Dutch border, renowned as the most prolific printmaker of the fifteenth century. Born into a family possibly of Dutch origin, he was the son of Israhel van Meckenem the Elder, a goldsmith who settled in Bocholt in 1457. He trained initially ...