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Collection Online as of May 28, 2023

St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore

c. 1465–1469

Master of the Nuremberg Passion

(German)

Germany, 15th century

Engraving

Image: 19.1 x 12.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 19.1 x 12.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1984.55

Catalogue raisonné: Not in Lehrs (unique impression)

Location

not on view

Description

The Master of the Nuremberg Passion—named for a set of prints in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg—was probably a contemporary of the Master E. S. and ranks among the best engravers of his period. He made some 19 engravings, and Saint Augustine and the Child on the Seashore, the most mature of his works, only survives in this unique example. Even the finest lines printed clearly in this early, rich impression.

Exhibition history

Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-May 17, 1987).

Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987).

Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.55