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St John the Baptist Baptising and Disputing with the Pharisees and Sadducees

In Martin Luther, Auslegung der Euangelien, an den fürnemesten Festen, im gantzen jar ..., Leipzig: Nikolaus Wolrab (printer), 1545 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), fol. LXVI

fol. LXVI (15 of 41 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Hans Brosamer (printmaker), St John the Baptist Baptising and Disputing with the Pharisees and Sadducees (Wolrab; vom Berg & Neuber). Part of Brosamer's set of gospel scenes (Wolrab; vom Berg & Neuber)

Actors

Hans Brosamer (ca 1500 - ca 1554) printmaker : 1544
Nikolaus Wolrab (died ca 1560) printer : 1545

Places

Leipzig production place : 1545

Design

Hans Brosamer (printmaker), St John the Baptist Baptising and Disputing with the Pharisees and Sadducees (Wolrab; vom Berg & Neuber). Part of Brosamer's set of gospel scenes (Wolrab; vom Berg & Neuber)

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Monogrammist I.C.B. (blockcutter attr.), St John the Baptist Baptising and Disputing with the Pharisees and Sadducees. Part of Set of gospel scenes (Wirzbięta; Piotrkowczyk)

Expert view

Iconography description

St John the Baptist baptising (Iconclass: 73C12)

Narrative

John the Baptist baptising (Bible, Matthew 3:1-12)

Functional context

1st Sunday after Epiphany (Liturgical year)

References

Matrices' graphic catalogue entries

New Hollstein German: Hans and Martin Brosamer, 1003

Web resources

digital copy (MDZ)

Credits

Created on

2021-10-13 13:36

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-11-25 19:06)