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Summary

Israhel van Meckenem: Self-portrait and Wife (

)

Artist



Alternative names	Israhel van Meckenem (II), Israhel de Malines, Israhel de Mayence, Israhel van Mechelen, Israhel van Mechliensis, Israhel van Meck, Israhel van Mecken, Israel van Meckenem, Israel Meester, Israhel van Mekenick, Israhel van Mentz, Israhel van Metro, Israhel van Mogontius, Israhel de Munster, Monogrammist A
Description	German engraver, etcher, painter and copyist
Date of birth/death	circa 1440 date QS:P,+1440-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	10 November 1503
Location of birth/death	Wenigern-Altendorf or Meckenheim	Bocholt
Work period	1450
Authority file	: Q77554 VIAF: 39648844 ISNI: 0000000373866932 ULAN: 500009306 LCCN: nr97018842 WGA: m/meckenem WorldCat

Title

Self-portrait and Wife

Date

circa 1490

Medium

copper engraving print

Dimensions

height: 124 cm (48.8 in); width: 173 cm (68.1 in)

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Accession number

PD E.1 - 94 (Lehrs 1)

Inscriptions

Text bottom left:

Figuratio facierum Israhelus et Ida eius uxoris

[Portrait of Israhel and Ida his wife]

Monogram bottom right:

IVM

Source/Photographer

The British Museum

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:26, 20 March 2012	750 × 572 (148 KB)	Primaler	bigger version, [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_image.aspx?objectId=1401332&partId=1&searchText=Israhel+van+Meckenem+self-portrait&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_databa...
	21:49, 29 August 2007	571 × 424 (82 KB)	Raymond	whitespace cropped
	09:49, 24 November 2006	600 × 600 (94 KB)	Yomangani	{{Information \|Description=Israhel van Meckenem, ''Self-portrait and Wife'', an engraving. Germany, signed, around AD 1490 \|Source=http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/resources/image/large/ps020122.jpg \|Date=1490 \|Author=Israhel van Meckenem \|Permi