Saint Guilhelmus
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 23.6 x 21.2 cm (9 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 25.2 x 21.9 cm (9 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.303
Art Historical Context
This woodcut print, titled *Saint Guilhelmus*, was created between 1516 and 1518 by Corn Liefrinck I after a design by the German artist Leonhard Beck. Measuring roughly 9 by 8 inches on laid paper, it exemplifies the collaborative nature of early printmaking, where one artist provided the drawing and another carved the woodblock. The medium allowed religious images to reach wide audiences through affordable reproduction during the Renaissance. In the early sixteenth century, woodcuts played a vital role in spreading devotional imagery across Europe. Beck’s designs often appeared in imperial ...