St. Simon / Jacques Bellange
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.1
- Title
- St. Simon
- Artist
- Jacques Bellange
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- (flourished 1602 - 1617)
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1616-1620
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Inscription
- Watermark: small bunch of grapes
- Dimensions
- 32.1 cm x 19.2 cm (12 5/8 in. x 7 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- black and white print
- Physical Description
- This black and white print has a vertical format with a single standing figure. The figure, shown in profile, has the right arm upraised with palm up. He is wearing voluminous drapery and has a halo and bare feet. There is a long bladed saw on the ground beside him.
- Subject Matter
- This print portrays an apostle of Jesus Christ, St. Simon the Zealot. In art, he is usually depicted with a saw which is a reference to his martyrdom.
- Though Jacques Bellange was one of the most influential French painters of the sixteenth century, nearly all of his paintings have been lost and his reputation now stands on the evidence of his remaining prints and drawings. Not much is known of the artist’s life outside of his work for the court in what is now the Lorraine area of France, but it is believed that he took up etching only about five years before his death and supervised the printing of his copperplates himself. The surviving etchings are principally religious figures, including images from the life of Christ, as well as sets of the three Magi and the twelve Apostles.
- Secondary Keywords
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
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- equipment by process
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 997 x 1467
- File Size
- 178 KB
- Record
- 1992/2.1
- Link to this Item
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"St. Simon; Jacques Bellange." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1992-sl-2.1/1992_2.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
