St Christopher
Printmaker:
Unknown
Meckenem, Israhel van II
(After)
Cancelled copper plate photogravure facsimile (in reverse) of St Christopher after Israhel van Meckenem II. There are five diagonal cancellation marks across the plate.
Height: 179 mm
Width: 130 mm
Method of acquisition: Unknown by Unknown
19th Century
1873
-
1905
A copper plate etched with photogravure after 22.I.2-25, an impression from the Founder's collection of van Meckenem's St Christopher (Hollstein (German), 325). A note authored by Eric Chamberlain states that the plate was "presumably for making a facsimile used by Sir Sidney Colvin". Colvin was Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge in 1873 and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum from 1876-1884.
Accession number: P.15145-R
Primary reference Number: 317479
Bartsch: undescribed
Lehrs (Geschichte): 325
Hollstein (German): 325
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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