“The Calling of the Apostles St. James and St. John” (1839) by Johann Friedrich Overbeck (original) (raw)

The Calling of the Apostles St. James and St. John

Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869), artist

Friedrich August Pflugfelder (1809–after 1856), engraver

1839

Engraving

26 3/8 x 21 7/8 inches (67 x 55.6 cm) plate: 22 1/16 x 17 1/2 inches (56 x 44.5 cm)

The Metropolitan site lists three publishers of this plate: August Wilhelm Schulgen, Schulgen & Schwan, and Giuseppe Spithöver

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2004.451)

A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2004