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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1849,1031.487
Description
St James the Less; thrown down from a pulpit and smitten with a fuller's club; with the two Saxon at upper margin; taken from Martin Luther, Das Symbolum der Heiligen Aposteln, Wittenberg, Georg Rhau, 1548. c. 1512 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Printed by:
Symphorian Reinhart
(probably)
School/style
German
Production date
1510-1515
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
164 millimetres
(borderlines)
Width:
127 millimetres
Curator's comments
Part of a series, The Martyrdoms of the Apostles, consisting of twelve sheets (Hollstein 53-64). Cf. the commentary on the first entry of the series, registered as 1904-5-19-17 (PPA56834).
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(61)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(II.312.99.a)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VII.282.45)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St James the Less
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1849
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1849,1031.487