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St. Matthew

Print
1653 (printing)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, half length, showing a man writing in a book at a desk, looking over his right shoulder at an angel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSt. Matthew (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Print, depiction of St. Matthew, plate in The Great Exemplar, engraved by William Faithorne, 1653.
Physical description
Print, half length, showing a man writing in a book at a desk, looking over his right shoulder at an angel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.25in
  • Width: 8.125in
Dimensions take from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
'This Mathew...Abraham/ Place this fig: Sect: 3. P:27. W Fathorne scu./ 1657' (Lettered with 4 lines of verse and dated)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.951-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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