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St. Sebald
(c. 1494-1495)
from Sapphic Ode to St. Sebald by Conrad Celtis, Basle, 1494-95
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
22.0 × 9.5 cm (block) 24.0 × 14.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Thomas Barlow, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hind vol. II p. 378
Inscription
printed in ink on reverse: DONRADI CELTIS HYMNUS SAPHICVS IN VITAM SANCTIS SEBALDI / Egiae stirpis...Spiritus sancti monitu relinquens.
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 2 (in a circle)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: Miclet (...illeg.) / B. app 20
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: See Dodgson. I. 510. 21
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: XI (...illeg.)
stamped in black ink on reverse l.l.: R. SCH. (Lugt 2241: Robert Scholtz)
Accession Number
621-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
churches (buildings) crests (motifs) halos (glories) hermits missionaries Nuremberg (inhabited place) saints staffs (walking sticks)