Female saints
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Title
Female saints
Description
Six female saints; St Mary Magdalene, St Rosalia, St Apollonia, St Agnes, St Dorothy, St Agatha; six roundels aligned in three rows; sheet four of the series; second state
Engraving
Diameter: Diameter: 43 millimetres (c., each roundel) (c., each roundel)
Height: Height: 171 millimetres (plate) (plate)
Width: Width: 120 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed below "Israhel V M".
Part of a series of designs for goldsmiths, consisting of eight engravings (L 445-452) with forty-eight circular scenes with religious subjects (each plate containing six roundels).
According to Lehrs, Meckenem copied the designs, at least in regards to the alignment of the roundels, after the Master ES.
The majority of the roundels have been cut out; an entire set of eight intact sheets is not known to exist.
Representation of: St Mary Magdalene
Representation of: St Rosalia
Representation of: St Apollonia
Representation of: St Agnes
Representation of: St Dorothea
Representation of: St Agatha
Engraving
Diameter: Diameter: 43 millimetres (c., each roundel) (c., each roundel)
Height: Height: 171 millimetres (plate) (plate)
Width: Width: 120 millimetres
Inscription content: Signed below "Israhel V M".
Part of a series of designs for goldsmiths, consisting of eight engravings (L 445-452) with forty-eight circular scenes with religious subjects (each plate containing six roundels).
According to Lehrs, Meckenem copied the designs, at least in regards to the alignment of the roundels, after the Master ES.
The majority of the roundels have been cut out; an entire set of eight intact sheets is not known to exist.
Representation of: St Mary Magdalene
Representation of: St Rosalia
Representation of: St Apollonia
Representation of: St Agnes
Representation of: St Dorothea
Representation of: St Agatha
Creator
Print made by: Israhel van Meckenem
Source
Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert (IX.353.448)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VI.260.153)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (448.II)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VI.260.153)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (448.II)
Publisher
German
Date
1480-90
Contributor
British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1925-0406-87Purchased from: Albertina
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1925-0406-87Purchased from: Albertina
Collection
Citation
Print made by: Israhel van Meckenem, “Female saints,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/44.