Title: Turmbau zu Babel (Tower of Babel).
Titled and Signed in plate: Collector's stamp AU in ink in Gothic script verso (not in Lugt).
Dimensions: Sheet 4 5/8" x 7".
Edition: Including but not limited to, the same woodcut was published in "Sechsische Chronica 24 Anno 774", as an illustration of the History of building Sachsenhausen Cathedral by Charles the Great; in Wittenberg-Bibel 1586 (German Wikipedia, Turmbau zu Babel), and in "Biblia Das ist/ Die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch D. Mart. Luther. By August (Sachsen, Kurfürst), 1599. p. 7.
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.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.