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Heinrich Aldegrever
Georg Pencz (after)
St. Matthew 1539
engraving
11.9 × 7.7 cm (plate) 12.0 × 7.8 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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St. Matthew
1539
from The Four Evangelists series, 1539
Medium
engraving
Measurements
11.9 × 7.7 cm (plate) 12.0 × 7.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 57 (vol. 16, p. 165); Hollstein vol. I p. 35
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 1539 / AG (monogram)
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse c.l.-c.r: P Mariette 1669
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse l.c.: (...illeg.)
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet c.: R.S. 1057a (a in superscript) (1057a in oval)
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet c.l.: 1278/3 Early German / 3
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet l.l.: PG (monogram) marked in ribbon (marked in underlined) / Set of 4 Plates No 1 Bartsch Vol 8 Page 382
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet l.c.: Saint Matthew / Heinrich Aldegrever / B Vol 8 382
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet l.r.: Coll P Mariette / 1669 / Aldegrever Henri
stamped in purple ink on backing sheet l.r.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on backing sheet on reverse l.r.: tny (in rectangle) / R.S. ma/c (ma/c in circle) / Ldu III 03
Accession Number
1278.555-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) apostles books Four Evangelists (Christian characters) halos (glories) Matthew, Saint (Christian character) men (male humans) saints
Movements
Renaissance