Hans Wechtlin the Elder
Calling of the Apostles
1522
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 26.2 × 7.7 cm. (10 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Originally Wechtlin's "Leben der Christi" series; later re-used fgor the "Postill."
Credit Line
Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number
1946.111b
Purchase, Mr. Werther, 6/4/46
Inscribed: Recto: "Sm. II. Sonentag noch dem." "The Sunday after the second..." Verso: Sermon titled "Am andern Sonnentag XXIII...noch dem achtenden." "On the next Sunday, the 23rd, after the eighth..."
Markings: Recto: lower left corner, stamp: 2299, graphite writing: 1522 Str. Schott. Geiler : Postill Verso: lower right corner, stamp: Blanche Adler
