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Jakob von Sandrart
1630-1708
D. Martin Luther ist gebohren zu Eisleben in der Graffschafft Mansfeld, X° 1483 jo Novemb. auch alda seelig gestorben, X° 1546, 18 Februarÿ / Jacob Sandrart sculp: et Excud: Norimberge.
Published
Nuremberg : Jacob Sandrart, [16--]
engraving
image: 313 x 212 mm; sheet: 212 x 312 mm
Peel 0005
Notes
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
12 lines of verse in German engraved under title.
Perhaps part of a series including 0011, although this seems to be a Dutch print.
12 lines of verse in German engraved under title.
Perhaps part of a series including 0011, although this seems to be a Dutch print.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: unknown.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Commemorative portrait of Martin Luther, shown standing, full-length, in an interior with a desk and chair, a swan standing beside him at left and a large Bible on floor in the foreground at right..
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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