Tags for: Piety and Leisure on Paper: Early German Engravings
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Christ with Crown and Glory in Benediction - Salvator Mundi (detail). Israhel van Meckenem (German, c. 1440-). Engraving. John L. Severance Fund 1949.563

Piety and Leisure on Paper: Early German Engravings

Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 6:00 p.m.

About The Event

Wednesday, March 15, May 17, and June 7, 6:00. 
Gallery 113

Join Mellon Curatorial Fellow James Wehn for a close look at a selection of early German engravings. The 30-minute discussion will focus on interpreting each image and understanding how people experienced and used these prints that made both religious and secular art available to a wide audience of Renaissance nobles, artisans, merchants, clergy, and scholars. 

Meet in gallery 113. 

Free, no registration required. This talk will be repeated on May 17 and June 7.