Wapenschild met leeuw
Israhel van Meckenem
1455 - 1503
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
115; 167
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Wapenschild met een klimmende leeuw erop. Daaromheen bladmotieven en (nog) een leeuw. Onder het schild 'bocholt' in gotische letters.
About the Artist
Israhel van Meckenem · 1435–1503
Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1445–1503), also known as Israhel van Meckenem the Younger, was a pioneering German engraver and goldsmith based in Bocholt, near the Dutch border, renowned as the most prolific printmaker of the fifteenth century. Born into a family possibly of Dutch origin, he was the son of Israhel van Meckenem the Elder, a goldsmith who settled in Bocholt in 1457. He trained initially ...