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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M5549
People
Anonymous Germany (Augsburg) 1476, German
Title
The King of Moab Sacrifices His Son on the Wall (reverse: The Prophet Isaiah Was Sawed in Two)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustrations from Speculum Humanae Salvationis. Augsburg, Günther Zainer
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1470
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Augsburg
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250824

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Schramm II, 439

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
M5549
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim

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