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Saint Sebaldus as a pilgrim in a niche

Saint Sebaldus as a pilgrim in a niche
1518; printed (c. 1580-1600)

Medium
woodcut

Measurements
30.3 × 21.3 cm (image) 30.5 × 21.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch appendix 21; Schoch 251.2b

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: 1518
stamped in black ink l.l. (on step): PL (Lugt 2092; Sir Peter Lely)
inscribed in pen and sepia ink (traced over with pencil?) l.r.: A G. 66. (Lely sale inventory number)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: T D Barlow
inscribed in pencil (Harold Wright’s hand) on reverse l.c.: B. app. 21 / CD. I. 358. 24
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: N. G. Victoria
inscribed in pencil (Harold Wright’s hand) on old mount l.l.: Watermark: Shield with R (Meder. 334). / (From Sir Peter Lely's collection)

Accession Number
3628-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Watermarks

Watermark Form
Ravensburg Coat of Arms
 

Escutcheon with the letter 'R', not in Meder or Briquet. This paper was probably made in Ravensburg, Baden-Würtemberg where the second oldest paper mill in Germany was founded c. 1393–1394.

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
26 mm

Laid Line Frequency
12 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
? x 11 [ 14 I17 ] x 9

Wire Side
unknown

Radiograph taken from
recto