Saint Matthew
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After Anthonis Sallaert
(Brussels, Belgium, circa 1590–1657/1658)
NationalityFlemish, Europe
Date1610
MediumWoodcut on blue paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 1/4 × 4 5/16 in. (13.4 × 10.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1117
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1117
On View
Not on viewSallaert made numerous designs for woodcut, including small blocks of the four Evangelists. Extraordinarily fluent in their cutting and lively in their characterization, these represent the last flourish of the technique in Flanders. They also struck Steinberg at first encounter and remain among his favorites. His collection includes fine, uniform impressions of the entire set. This additional impression on unfaded blue paper was surely intended for a connoisseur of the time.
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