Title: Nehuschtan (Nehushtan) or Moses und der Kupferschlange (Moses and the Brazen Serpent).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Collector's stamp AU in ink in Gothic script verso (not in Lugt).
Dimensions: Sheet 5 1/2" x 6 1/4".
Editions: Including but not limited to, "Mose errichtet die eherne Schlange" (Moses erects the bronze serpent) (Holzschnitt [Woodcut] in der "Biblia Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, deudsch auffs new zugericht By Martin Luther". 1545). We spotted the same woodcut but with a two-sides decorative border in "Bibli czeski". [Praha: G. Melantrych], 1557.
Date: XVI C.
Materials and Techniques: woodcut on paper, letterpress verso.
Provenance:
- Collection AU.
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: a page from Biblia translated by Martin Luther. Unidentified edition XVI C.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVI C.
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