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

Things – T29250

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

In Biblij cžeská, Prague: Jiří Melantrich (printer), Bartoloměj Netolický (publisher), 1549 (Prague, NK ČR), fol. C8v

fol. C8v (13 of 144 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

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

Actors

Jiří Melantrich (1511 - 19 November 1580) printer : 1549
Monogrammist MS (fl. ca 1530 - ca 1550) printmaker attr. : 1532

Places

Prague production place : 1549

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 by

Adam Perzyński (2022-09-30 16:48)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

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