St. Matthew, from Christ and the Apostles
Medium
Engraving; backed with a print by J. A. Fridrich
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.107
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *St. Matthew, from and the Apostles*, a 16th-century engraving1530–76) to the collaborative talents of Lambert Suavius, Lambert, and Jakob Andreas Frid the Elder. This print now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints, forms part of a revered series depicting Christ and his apostles. Its medium—engraving, with a backing print by J.A. Fridrich—highlights the innovative techniques of the Renaissance era, where metal plates were incised to produce detailed, reproducible images that democratized religious art for a wider audience. Engravings like this one were pivotal i...
About the Artist
Lambert Suavius|Lambert Lombard|Jakob Andreas Fridrich the Elder · 1510–1576
Lambert Suavius (c.1510–c.1574/76), whose Flemish family name was Zutman, was born in Liège, in the southern Netherlands. He was the son of an episcopal goldsmith, Henri Zutman, and from his father's craft environment he inherited a training in the precise handling of metal and an appreciation for fine detail work. He became closely associated with his brother-in-law Lambert Lombard, the leading a...