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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Moses receiving the tables of the Law and adoration of the golden calf

In Martin Luther, Enchiridion. Der kleine Catechismus. Für die gemeine Pfarherr und Prediger, Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1596 (Saint Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences Library), fol. A6v

fol. A6v (2 of 25 in-Urus figures)
fol. A6r
fol. A8r
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
  • matrix h: 65 mm
  • matrix w: 70 mm
Matrices
  • Moses receiving the tables of the Law and adoration of the golden calf (Daubmann 1550; Osterberger, Fabricius)
Actors
  • Georg Osterberger (1542 - 1602) printer : 1596
Places
  • Königsberg production place : 1596
Design

Moses receiving the tables of the Law and adoration of the golden calf (Daubmann 1550; Osterberger, Fabricius) Part of Set of gospel and catechism illustrations 65 x 70 mm (Daubmann; Osterberger; Fabricius; Segebade) ◼

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Iconography description
  • Adoration of the golden calf (Iconclass: 71E135)
  • Moses receiving the tables of the law from God (Iconclass: 71E1343)
Narrative

First Commandment: 'You Shall Have no Other Gods' (Bible, Exodus 20:3)

Functional context

Decalogue (1st commandment) (Catechism)

Credits
Created by
  • Wojciech Kordyzon (2022-02-15 08:17)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-06-27 21:35)

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