Saint Roch
Master of the Die · date unrecorded
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"Saint Roch" is an engraving by the artist known as Master of the Die. The artwork measures 8 1/4 x 5 11/16 inches (21 x 14.5 cm) for the sheet and 8 1/16 x 5 1/2 inches (20.5 x 14 cm) for the plate. Its creation date is not provided in the catalogue record. The print was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1949 through The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund.
The Master of the Die is identified as an Italian engraver active between 1512 and 1570, based on the artist authority record. No information regarding the artist's nationality, birth, or death years is available from the catalogue data alone. Provenance and exhibition history for "Saint Roch" are not provided.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art also holds several other works by Master of the Die, including "The Coronation of the Virgin," "Christ carrying the cross," "The conversion of the Centurion," "The Magdalene standing facing right," "Saint Barbara standing," "Saint Sebastian tied to a tree," "The wedding of Jason and Creusa," and "Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons." These comparable holdings are dated between 1530 and 1560, with one specific work dated 1532.
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Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand
The Coronation of the Virgin, at lower left stands St John the Baptist, at lower right St Jerome, God the father above
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Christ carrying the cross surrounded by soldiers, several on horseback
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The conversion of the Centurion who flings his arms open before Christ on the cross
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Magdalene standing facing right, jar held in her raised right hand
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saint Barbara standing, palm in her right hand, resting her left hand on a tower
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saint Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The wedding of Jason and Creusa, at left Medea takes her children
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from 'Fable of Cupd and Psyche'
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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