‘MALEREI. / S. BARBARA / S. ELISABETH / VON HANS HOLBEIN D. J. / 2. / T. O. WEIGEL, LEIPZIG / H. WALDE GEST.’

– Two standing female saints in architectural niches: Saint Barbara holding a chalice and tower, Saint Elisabeth with a pitcher and bowl, offering charity to a beggar. Gothic-style architectural background.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 24.5 x 32 cm (9.65 x 12.6 inch). Image size: 20.8 x 22.7 cm. (8.19 x 8.94 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ST. BARBARA, ST. ELISABETH, HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, DEVOTIONAL PRINT, GERMAN ENGRAVING, WEIGEL LEIPZIG, FEMALE SAINTS | PCO-E15-2-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

T. O. Weigel, Leipzig.

Biography engraver: H. Walde was a 19th-century engraver active in Germany, known for reproducing historical and religious compositions, often in collaboration with major publishers such as Weigel.

Biography artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (German: Hans Holbein der Jungere; c.1497-1543) was a German painter and printmaker of Swiss descent who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire, and Reformation propaganda, and he made a significant contribution to the history of book design. He is called “the Younger” to distinguish him from his father Hans Holbein the Elder, an accomplished painter of the Late Gothic school.