Master E.S. – The Letter “Y”, 1467

Master E.S. – The Letter “Y”, 1467

Dimensions: sheet (cut within platemark): 14.6 x 8.9 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

Artist: Master E.S. (artist) German, active c. 1450 – active 1467

Inscriptions : verso, bottom, in graphite by later hand: B.VI.51.m / Pass. II, 49, y / Lehrs 304

Provenance: (Karl & Faber, Munich, sale 144, Nov. 25, 1976, no. 319); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by the NGA, 1976.

Exhibition History : 1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

Bibliography : 1908
Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1998
Stogdon, Nicholas. Early Northern Engravings. England, 1998: under no. 9.

2000
Walsh, Judith. “The Use of Paper Splitting in Old Master Print Restorations.” Print Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 4, 2000, pp. 383-390.