Standing Female Saint
Hans von Reutlingen
ca. 1510
Medium
Silver and silver gilt
Dimensions
3 11/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 1/4 in. (9.4 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
German
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1991
Accession Number
1991.9
Tags
CrownsWomenSaints
About the Artist
Hans von Reutlingen · 1465–1547
Hans von Reutlingen (c. 1465–after 1547), also known as Hans von Aich, was a master German goldsmith and seal engraver based in Aachen, a city renowned for its medieval craftsmanship at the Holy Roman Empire's heart. Born and trained locally amid the Rhineland's vibrant metalworking guilds, his early life remains sparsely documented, though he emerged as a journeyman by the late 1490s, securing ci...