Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.
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Joseph von Montalegre. Engraved frontispiece from Dietenberger's Sacra Biblia. Circa 1705.

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Artist: Joseph von Montalegre (German 1702-1725 (fl.).
Title: Frontispiece from Dietenberger, Johann Sacra Biblia.
Signed and Titled in plate: Jos: a Montalegre sculpsit. Das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft / Altes und Neues Testaments / Würzburg Gedruckt bei Johann Michael Kleyer Universität / Nürnberg und Frankfurt, Johann Christoph Lochner. Inscribed in pencil l.m. 1705.
Dimensions: Image 12 1/2" x 7 1/4".  Sheet 13 3/4" x 8".
PublisherJohann Michael Kleyer (Schweinau ? - 1721).
Date: Circa 1705. 
Materials and Techniques: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Watermark
: presumably foolscap.
Mat and Frame
: no. 
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: Trimmed left margin, torn l.r. margin, a crease u.r. Signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part ofDietenberger, Johann Sacra Biblia Das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft / Altes und Neues Testaments. Nürnberg und Frankfurt, Johann Christoph Lochner.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools:  German School XVIII C.

Note: Published in German. Dietenberger's translation is opposed to Martin Luther's, being Catholic-oriented rather than Lutheran.