The Nativity
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 3 3/16 × 4 1/4 in. (8.1 × 10.8 cm) Sheet: 5 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (15 × 19.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929
Accession Number
29.16.5
Tags
Virgin MaryJesusNativity
About the Artist
Israhel van Meckenem|Master ES · 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 ...