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

Things – T5280

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

In Biblia das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch ..., Wittenberg: Hans Lufft (printer), 1534 (Weimar, HAAB), fol. XXII

fol. XXII (9 of 24 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

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

Actors

Hans Lufft (1495 - 1/2 September 1584) printer : 1534
Monogrammist MS (fl. ca 1530 - ca 1550) printmaker attr. : 1532

Places

Wittenberg production place : 1534

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

References

Web resources

external link

Credits

Created on

2021-10-13 13:37

Edited by

Adam Perzyński

Last update by

Adam Perzyński (2023-06-27 20:15)