Saint John the Evangelist (?) addressing five disciples. Lithograph by N.J. Strixner after Israel van Meckenem (?).
- Date:
- [ca. 1821]
- Reference:
- 10158i
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Described in the British Museum online catalogue as "Saint John the Evangelist and his followers; the Saint seated on a chair to the left, talking to five men seated on the floor to the right, some taking notes" and as after I. van Meckenem. The speaker is performing the computus digitorum. In the left background is a painted altarpiece showing Saint Paul and Saint Barbara with another figure; on the floor, a flagstone removed to show coins (?) in a grave. Other church furnishings are also shown
Publication/Creation
Gedruckt in Stuttgart : unter der Direktion von Strixner, [ca. 1821]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph
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Israel von Meckenem pinxit. N. Strixner del. 182...
References note
Not in: R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 388 (list of prints after I. van Meckenem, presumably excluded because not after a drawing)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 10158i
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