The Betrayal
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 × 14.5 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet trimmed to platemark: 21.6 × 15.3 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3728
About the Artist
Israhel van Meckenem, the younger
Israhel van Meckenem the Younger (c. 1440–1503) was a German goldsmith and engraver who became one of the most prolific printmakers of the fifteenth century. Born in Meckenheim near Bonn, he was trained by his father, Israhel van Meckenem the Elder, who was himself a goldsmith and engraver. The younger Israhel may also have worked in the workshop of the Master E.S., whose plates he later reworked ...