Artist: Illustrated by Johann Melchior Füssli (Swiss, Zurich 1677–1736 Zurich), borders by Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666–1737).
Engraver: Johann Georg Pintz.
Title: Men Battling on Horses.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: u.r. Tab. DCLVI; l.l. Hab. Cap. I. v. 8. Equi Pardis velociores. The plate has both Latin and German captions. [l.r. I.G. Pintz sculps. Engraver's name has been cut off and is provided here for informational purposes].
Dimensions: 12" x 8".
Publisher: Augustae Vindelicorum & Vlmae [Augsburg and Ulm, Germany: Christian Ulrich Wagner].
Edition: Physica sacra ... iconibus aeneis illustrata, procurante et sumptus suppeditante Johanne Andrea Pfeffel. By Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, (German, 1672-1733), Pfeffel, Johann Andreas, (German, 1674-1748).
Date: 1735.
Materials and Techniques: engraving and etching on laid paper.
Provenance: 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: Cropped within the platemark. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Physica Sacra. Tomus. IV. 1735. p.p. 1298-1299.
Museums and Libraries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 51.514.2.1-.4.
Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali 0100049417. "This sheet belongs to a Bible illustrated by various Bavarian engravers between 1731 and 1735, for the publisher Pfeffel of Augsburg (note in THIEME-BECKER, under the heading "Tyroff")"
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: German School XVIII C. Swiss School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali collection.