Six Roundel Patterns for a Goldsmith: the Coronation of the Virgin, God the Father with the Body of Christ, St. Eustace or St. Hubert, the Conversion of St. Paul, Charlemagne and St. Helen, and St. Elizabeth

Six Roundel Patterns for a Goldsmith: the Coronation of the Virgin, God the Father with the Body of Christ, St. Eustace or St. Hubert, the Conversion of St. Paul, Charlemagne and St. Helen, and St. Elizabeth by Israhel van Meckenem

Medium

Engraving; first state of two

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 13/16 × 4 3/8 in. (17.3 × 11.1 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of M. Feltenstein, 2013

Accession Number

2013.963.3

Tags

ChristVirgin MaryHorsesSaints

About the Artist

Israhel van Meckenem · 14351503

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 ...

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