impression:T1284

Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T1284

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

In Biblij Cžeska, Prague: Pavel Severin (printer), 1537 (Wrocław, Oss.), fol. c8v

fol. c8v (13 of 144 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Monogrammist MS (printmaker attr.), Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (Lufft; Severin)

Actors

Monogrammist MS (fl. ca 1530 - ca 1550) printmaker attr. : 1532
Pavel Severin (ca 1500 - ca 1554) printer : 1537

Places

Prague production place : 1537

Design

Monogrammist MS (printmaker attr.), Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (Lufft; Severin) Part of Set of Bible illustrations (Lufft; Severin; Melantrich; Walther; Szarfenberger; Siebeneicher; Drukarnia Akademicka; Schedel) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Hans Brosamer (printmaker), Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (Gülfferich) Part of Brosamer's Old Testament (Gülfferich) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Jacob wrestling with the angel (Iconclass: 71C3222)

Functional context

Genesis (Bible)

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions

Matrix inscriptions

1532

Credits

Created on

2021-10-13 13:35

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec; Adam Perzyński

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-06-27 22:01)