St. Philipp, 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
49.95.110
Art Historical Context
**St. Philipp, from *Christ and the Apostles*** This striking engraving depicts St. Philip, one of Christ's apostles, as part of a Renaissance series blending sacred narrative with masterful printmaking. Created between 1530 and 1576, it bears attributions to Flemish artists Lambert Suaviusalso known as Lambert Sis), Lambert Lombard—a pivotal figure in the Northern Renaissance who drew from Italian Mannerism—and Jakob Andreas Fridrich the Elder. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it entered the collection via The Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1949, showca...
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...